[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 681 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 681

   Designating the week of November 15 through 19, 2010, as ``Global 
                      Entrepreneurship Week/USA''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 17, 2010

   Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Ms. Snowe) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Designating the week of November 15 through 19, 2010, as ``Global 
                      Entrepreneurship Week/USA''.

Whereas more than \1/2\ of the companies on the 2009 Fortune 500 list were 
        launched during a recession or bear market;
Whereas 92 percent of Americans believe that entrepreneurs are critically 
        important to job creation and 75 percent believe that the United States 
        cannot have a sustained economic recovery without another burst of 
        entrepreneurial activity;
Whereas the economy and society of the United States, as well as the country as 
        a whole, have benefitted greatly from the everyday use of breakthrough 
        innovations developed and brought to market by entrepreneurs;
Whereas Global Entrepreneurship Week is an initiative aimed at inspiring young 
        people to embrace innovation and creativity;
Whereas Global Entrepreneurship Week helps the next generation of entrepreneurs 
        to acquire the knowledge, skills, and networks needed to create vibrant 
        enterprises that will improve the lives and communities of the 
        entrepreneurs;
Whereas, in 2009, more than 160,000 individuals participated in the more than 
        2,300 entrepreneurial activities held worldwide during Global 
        Entrepreneurship Week;
Whereas, in 2009, more than 1,100 partner organizations participated in Global 
        Entrepreneurship Week, including chambers of commerce, institutions of 
        higher education, high schools, businesses, and State and local 
        governments; and
Whereas, in 2010, thousands of organizations in the United States will join in 
        the celebration by planning activities designed to inspire, connect, 
        inform, mentor, and engage the next generation of entrepreneurs 
        throughout Global Entrepreneurship Week/USA: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates the week of November 15 through 19, 2010, as 
        ``Global Entrepreneurship Week''; and
            (2) supports the goals of Global Entrepreneurship Week/USA, 
        including--
                    (A) inspiring young people everywhere to embrace 
                innovation, imagination, and creativity; and
                    (B) training the next generation of entrepreneurial 
                leaders.
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