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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 295 

Designating the week of November 2 through November 6, 2015 as ‘‘National 

Veterans Small Business Week’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 22, 2015 

Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. VITTER, Mr. COONS, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. 

MARKEY, Mr. RUBIO, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. AYOTTE, Mr. PETERS, Mr. 

RISCH, Mrs. FISCHER, and Mr. BLUMENTHAL) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating the week of November 2 through November 6, 

2015 as ‘‘National Veterans Small Business Week’’. 

Whereas the Armed Forces of the United States train individuals with the skills, discipline, and leadership necessary to establish and operate a successful business; 

Whereas there are approximately 2,500,000 veteran-owned 

small businesses in the United States, employing nearly 

6,000,000 individuals; 

Whereas veteran-owned businesses make up nearly 10 percent of all businesses in the United States; 

Whereas veterans account for more than $1,200,000,000,000 

in business receipts every year; 


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Whereas veterans are 45 percent more likely to be self-employed than non-veterans; 

Whereas the number of veteran owned small businesses grew 

at nearly double the rate for non-veteran owned small 

businesses from 2007 to 2012; 

Whereas women veterans’ business ownership has increased 

significantly, from 97,114 in 2007 to 384,549 in 2012; 

Whereas the Office of Veterans Business Development of the 

Small Business Administration is dedicated to maximizing the availability and usability of small business 

programs for veterans, members of a reserve component 

of the Armed Forces of the United States, members of 

the Armed Forces of the United States serving on activeduty, transitioning service members, and the spouses, dependents, or survivors of those members and veterans; 

Whereas the Small Business Administration serves more than 

200,000 veterans, service-disabled veterans, women veterans, and military spouses annually; 

Whereas, in 2014, the Small Business Administration increased loans to veterans by more than 100 percent, 

guaranteeing more than $1,000,000,000 in small business loans; 

Whereas the entrepreneurship training program of the Small 

Business Administration, Boots to Business, has trained 

more than 30,000 service members, veterans, and 

spouses of service members and veterans since launching 

in 2013; 

Whereas the Small Business Administration will be hosting 

events honoring National Veterans Small Business Week 

from November 2 through November 6, 2015; 


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Whereas the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate will be commemorating National 

Small Business Week during the week of November 2 

through November 6, 2015; and 

Whereas November 2 through November 6, 2015 would be an 

appropriate time to designate as ‘‘National Veterans 

Small Business Week’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) designates the week of November 2 through 

3 November 6, 2015 as ‘‘National Veterans Small 

4 Business Week’’; and 

5 (2) expresses appreciation for the continued 

6 service to the United States by the Nation’s veterans 

7 through small business ownership and entrepreneur8 ship. 

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