[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15090]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK

  (Mr. YODER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. YODER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to make note of an important week in 
the ongoing effort to renew our Nation's economy. This week is Global 
Entrepreneurship Week.
  New entrepreneurs and innovators are the key to putting Americans 
back to work. With two out of every three jobs coming from small 
businesses, and 100 percent of the net new jobs coming from companies 
less than 5 years old, these risk-takers are the key to our economic 
prosperity. Simply put, if they don't grow and expand, then neither 
will our economy.
  I was pleased to help celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week this 
week by addressing many of these budding startups at the Kaufman 
Foundation in Kansas City. A true gem of the Midwest, the Kaufman 
Foundation is the world's largest foundation devoted to 
entrepreneurship.
  Mr. Speaker, we know jobs aren't created by bureaucrats in 
Washington, D.C. They are created by the innovators across our Nation. 
As we continue to see our economy lagging behind, let's renew our 
efforts to support startups, innovators and entrepreneurs that take the 
risks to create jobs.

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