[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7725]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  EMPOWERING ENCORE ENTREPRENEURS ACT

  (Mr. GARCIA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GARCIA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to support small business owners in 
south Florida and across the country.
  The economic recession devastated the economy, hitting older 
Americans especially hard. In fact, older workers once unemployed are 
more likely than others to remain unemployed, which is why we need to 
revitalize our economy by supporting those who found themselves out of 
work before retirement.
  Earlier this week, I introduced the bipartisan Empowering Encore 
Entrepreneurs Act, which will support older Americans working hard to 
start or expand a small business.
  There are currently over 7 million self-employed workers in the U.S. 
age 50 or older, which demonstrates a tremendous capacity of older 
workers to contribute to our economy and create jobs when given the 
right resources.
  My bill, which is supported by the AARP, will improve the capacity of 
entrepreneurs to begin small businesses and help successful small 
business owners make their enterprises even more prosperous.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this bill.

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