[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 56 (Tuesday, May 7, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H2114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK

  (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, for the past 39 years, the 
President of the United States has issued a proclamation calling for 
the celebration of Small Business Week. I rise to draw attention to 
that designation and to that celebration. This celebration honors the 
estimated 25 million small businesses in America that create three out 
of every four jobs and generate the vast majority of business 
innovations.
  Small businesses account for 99.7 percent of America's employees. I 
think it is time that we pay tribute, honor, acknowledge the great work 
that they do, and urge all Americans to shop at a small business, take 
care of small businesses.

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