[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9591]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK

  (Mr. STEWART asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEWART. Mr. Speaker, this week marks the 50th anniversary of 
National Small Business Week.
  A lot of people think of small business and think, Well, what's the 
big deal? What difference does that really make?
  Here's the reality: sixty percent of the jobs created in the last 20 
years were created by small business.
  I'm honored to represent the great State of Utah, especially as a 
former small business owner. With over 57,000 small businesses that 
have employed more than half a million people in my State, it's clear 
to me that small business is the backbone of our economy.
  Forbes magazine recently named Utah the best State in the Nation for 
business and careers and for small businesses for the third consecutive 
year. Utah has reached that high-caliber status through supporting a 
probusiness environment. It offers a low corporate and a low personal 
income tax rate. Our cost of energy is 27 percent lower than the 
national average. Pro-business policies like this in Utah help to spur 
our economy and create jobs, and they contribute to one of the lowest 
unemployment rates in the country.
  Being a small business owner, I recognize the amount of hard work 
that is required to run a small business. I congratulate the small 
business owners and wish them a successful Small Business Week.

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