September 29, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 169 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

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SENATE RESOLUTION 730--SUPPORTING THE DESIGNATION OF THE WEEK BEGINNING 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020, AS ``NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK'' AND COMMENDING 
 THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT OF THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS OF THE UNITED 
              STATES AND THEIR IMPACT ON THEIR COMMUNITIES

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Cornyn, 
Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Risch, Ms. Klobuchar, 
Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Carper, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
Booker, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Coons, Mr. Lankford, 
Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Crapo, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
Alexander, Mr. Brown, Mr. Portman, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Merkley, 
Ms. McSally, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Peters, Mr. Hawley, Ms. 
Duckworth, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, 
Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Young, 
and Mr. Romney)) submitted the following resolution; which was 
considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 730

       Whereas 2020 marks the 57th anniversary of ``National Small 
     Business Week'';
       Whereas every President for more than half a century has 
     proclaimed a week celebrating the significance of small 
     businesses across the United States;
       Whereas there are more than 30,000,000 small businesses in 
     the United States;
       Whereas small businesses in the United States--
       (1) employ nearly half of the workforce of the United 
     States;
       (2) make up 99.7 percent of all employers in the United 
     States;
       (3) employ veterans;
       (4) produce \1/3\ of the exports of the United States; and
       (5) account for nearly half of private sector output;
       Whereas, as of 2020, 9.1 percent of all small business 
     owners in the United States are veterans;
       Whereas, on July 30, 1953, Congress created the Small 
     Business Administration to aid, counsel, assist, and protect 
     the small business community; and
       Whereas 2 out of every 3 new jobs in the United States are 
     created by small businesses: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) supports the designation of the week beginning 
     September 20, 2020, as ``National Small Business Week'';
       (2) celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit of the small 
     business owner in the United States;
       (3) understands the importance of creating a small business 
     climate that allows for sustained economic recovery;
       (4) celebrates the invaluable contribution small businesses 
     make to the United States as the backbone of the economy;
       (5) supports increasing consumer awareness of the value and 
     opportunity small businesses bring to their local 
     communities;
       (6) understands the importance of providing more access and 
     resources to minority-owned and underserved firms; and
       (7) understands the need to provide further assistance and 
     relief to the small businesses of the United States during 
     unprecedented times.

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