[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19199]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, last Saturday marked the 
fifth annual Small Business Saturday, a day when we recognize the 
importance of local businesses by shopping at these community 
businesses.
  Saturday's event was particularly meaningful to small businesses in 
South Carolina, many of which were recovering from the tragic thousand-
year flood in October.
  In South Carolina, over half of our State's workforce is employed by 
a small business. Congress must do more to protect these vital job 
creators from excessive taxes and regulations.
  I am grateful to the National Federation of Independent Business, 
NFIB, along with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, encouraged by the South 
Carolina Chamber of Commerce, led by Ted Pitts, as well as local 
Chambers of Blythewood, Chapin, Greater Columbia, Greater Irmo, Cayce-
West Columbia, Lake Murray, Lexington, Batesburg-Leesville, Greater 
Aiken, Barnwell, Orangeburg, Midland Valley, and North Augusta, for 
their support of small business across the Second District of South 
Carolina.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and may the President, by his 
actions, never forget September the 11th in the global war on 
terrorism.

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