[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                     SALUTE TO SMALL BUSINESS WEEK

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                           HON. LARRY COMBEST

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 18, 1994

  Mr. COMBEST. Mr. Speaker, May 1-7 marks Small Business Week, an event 
to honor the hard-working Americans that account for 99.7 percent of 
all employers in the United States. These individuals are our unsung 
heroes, committed to the establishment of free enterprise which has 
helped shape men and women such as Alexander Graham Bell, Estee Lauder, 
Sam Walton, Debbie Fields, Levi Strauss, and many others.
  Small-business men and women keep alive the great tradition of 
entrepreneurship which this country was built upon, by employing about 
54 percent of the private work force and providing most Americans with 
their first jobs. To run a successful small business requires 
persistence, creativity, and hard work, all of which these individuals 
display every day.
  Small business has long been the backbone in building America's 
future, and will continue to be the force that drives the Nation's 
economy well into the 21st century. The U.S. economy is projected to 
add 25 million new jobs by 2005, with small businesses contributing 
approximately 68 percent of these new jobs.
  Sponsored by the Small Business Administration, this year's 31st 
annual celebration recognizes the estimated 21 million small businesses 
in America, proving once again that there is nothing small about small 
business. To all of these men and women from West Texas and all across 
the Nation--we salute you.

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