[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8859]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of 
January 19, 1999, the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Tancredo) is 
recognized during morning hour debates for 2\3/4\ minutes.
  Mr. TANCREDO. Mr. Speaker, yesterday marked the beginning of National 
Small Business Week. With over 117,000 small businesses in Colorado, 
not to mention the 184,000 self-employed individuals, small businesses 
have become the backbone of our robust economy.
  It is imperative that we continue to foster the growth of small 
businesses in America by reducing and eliminating many of the 
burdensome regulations the Federal government imposes on them, such as 
those put out by OSHA that cost small business millions of dollars each 
year.
  Congress should also heed the calls of businessmen and women 
throughout the Nation and eliminate the death tax, which would allow 
more small businesses to be passed on from one generation to another, 
and continue to pass laws allowing small businesses to increase 
retirement benefits for themselves and their employees.
  Earlier this year, the House passed four small business bills to 
reduce paperwork requirements and limit liability. I urge my colleagues 
in the Senate to pass this legislation.
  I hope my colleagues will join me this week in thanking America's 
small businesses for their efforts in making America the leader in the 
world's economy.

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