Title: Expressing support for the recognition and celebration of the vital role of small businesses, along with the efforts of the Small Business Administration to help Americans start, build, and grow businesses.
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
This resolution recognizes that small businesses need our patronage in the face of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), and it celebrates small businesses by (1) acknowledging the importance of promoting a business-friendly environment for small business owners, (2) encouraging young entrepreneurs to pursue their passions and create more startup businesses, and (3) conveying appreciation for the ways small businesses support their communities and workers.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1235 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1235

  Expressing support for the recognition and celebration of the vital 
role of small businesses, along with the efforts of the Small Business 
  Administration to help Americans start, build, and grow businesses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 20, 2020

  Ms. Velazquez (for herself, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Kim, Mr. 
 Schneider, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Balderson, Mr. 
 Bishop of North Carolina, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Spano, Ms. Finkenauer, 
 Ms. Craig, Mr. Delgado, Mr. Evans, Mr. Crow, Ms. Houlahan, Ms. Davids 
  of Kansas, Mr. Golden, Mr. Hagedorn, and Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                           on Small Business

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing support for the recognition and celebration of the vital 
role of small businesses, along with the efforts of the Small Business 
  Administration to help Americans start, build, and grow businesses.

Whereas there are 31.7 million small businesses in the United States;
Whereas small businesses in the United States--

    (1) comprise 99.9 percent of all businesses in the United States;

    (2) employ approximately 61 million private sector employees in the 
United States;

    (3) create nearly two of every three new jobs; and

    (4) constitute 97.5 percent of firms exporting goods;

Whereas the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on small businesses are not fully 
        known, and--

    (1) millions of small businesses throughout the country are suffering;

    (2) more than 34 percent of small businesses surveyed in the Census 
Bureau Small Business Pulse Survey reported being financially impacted by 
the pandemic, with Black owners experiencing three times the decline of 
business activity as compared to other groups; and

    (3) small businesses in the accommodation and food service industry, as 
well as the arts and recreation industry, have been particularly hard-hit; 
and

Whereas the day of November 28, 2020, is an appropriate day to recognize small 
        businesses and encourage consumers to support their local small 
        businesses during the holiday shopping season: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives joins with the Small 
Business Administration in--
            (1) celebrating the entrepreneurial spirit of small 
        business owners in the United States;
            (2) recognizing that small businesses need our patronage 
        now more than ever as our Nation confronts COVID-19;
            (3) recognizing the importance of creating policies that 
        promote a business-friendly environment for small business 
        owners;
            (4) supporting and encouraging young entrepreneurs to 
        pursue their passions and create more startup businesses; and
            (5) showing appreciation for the many ways that small 
        businesses support their communities and their workers.
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