[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 77 (Thursday, May 9, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3552]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize National Small 
Business Week.
  There are over 30 million small businesses across the country, and 
over half of the American workforce is either employed by a small 
business or operates one.
  With April's strong jobs report and the unemployment rate reaching 
the lowest in 50 years--a truly unprecedented level of 3.6 percent--it 
is clear American small businesses are thriving.
  There is no bigger job creator. Small businesses are the mainstay of 
our economy, a big reason why it is booming.
  Two out of three jobs created in the U.S. are within a small 
business. Last month, there were 263,000 nonfarm jobs created, 
surpassing most predictions.
  Indeed, our economy is doing quite well and, as a result, so are our 
small business owners. I believe the progrowth policies of the last 
Congress and this administration, such as tax reform and regulatory 
reform, have quite a lot to do with it.
  I will always be a strong supporter of small business, and I hope 
this body will as well and continue to support the policies that will 
help them succeed.
  I thank those who are hanging in there in the small business 
community--keep going, and keep creating.

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