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 and 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. 730 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 730

  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 21, 2019

Ms. Velazquez (for herself, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Espaillat, Mrs. Radewagen, 
 Mr. Balderson, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, Mr. Hagedorn, 
 Mr. Stauber, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Spano, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
    Houlahan, Mr. Evans, Ms. Craig, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. 
 Schneider, Mr. Golden, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Kim, Ms. Finkenauer, 
Mr. Delgado, Mr. Crow, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Clay, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Lawson of 
  Florida, Mr. Bost, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. 
Posey, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Latta, Ms. Norton, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Meadows, Mr. 
   Hastings, Mr. Takano, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Tipton, Mr. 
Marshall, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Norman, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, 
 Mr. Luetkemeyer, Ms. Meng, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. 
Lipinski, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Curtis, Mrs. Murphy 
 of Florida, and Mr. LaHood) 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, as of September 2019, there are over 30,700,000 small businesses in the 
        United States;
Whereas small businesses in the United States--

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

    (2) employ nearly 60 million private sector employees in the United 
States;

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

    (4) constitute 97.5 percent of firms exporting goods; and

Whereas the day of November 30, 2019, 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 the importance of creating policies that 
        promote a business-friendly environment for small business 
        owners;
            (3) supporting and encourages young entrepreneurs to pursue 
        their passions and create more startup businesses;
            (4) showing appreciation for the many ways that small 
        businesses support their communities and their workers; and
            (5) celebrating the invaluable contribution that small 
        businesses make to the United States as the backbone of the 
        economy.
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