[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 19, 2001)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 48321-48322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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                Proclamation 7467 of September 17, 2001

                
Minority Enterprise Development Week, 2001

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                More than three million minority business owners across 
                the United States are helping to build a stronger 
                America. These hardworking men and women contribute 
                everyday to the economic development of their 
                communities by creating jobs and other opportunities 
                for their neighbors. Minority business entrepreneurs 
                represent the best of the American spirit, in their 
                determination to overcome obstacles and in their 
                striving for better lives for themselves and for their 
                families.

                My Administration encourages the growth and success of 
                minority businesses across the United States by giving 
                them the tools to succeed. The recent passage of the 
                largest tax cut in nearly two decades is just one of 
                those tools. We also slashed the bottom Federal income 
                tax rate from 15 percent to 10 percent and thereby put 
                more money into the hands of consumers and 
                entrepreneurs. We are eliminating the death tax that 
                has been such a heavy burden on our minority business 
                owners. And I signed into law, Public Law 107-16, the 
                ``Economic Growth and Tax Reconciliation Act of 200l,'' 
                that will increase lower income groups' access to the 
                middle class, promote equal opportunity, and encourage 
                entrepreneurship.

                One important way that we can encourage entrepreneurial 
                growth in the minority-owned business community is to 
                open up new markets abroad for American products. If 
                Congress gives me trade promotion authority (TPA), I 
                will have the negotiating power to knock down the trade 
                barriers that prevent American goods from entering some 
                markets around the world. The growth and expanded 
                opportunities that TPA would bring will mean jobs for 
                many working people and more opportunities for 
                minority-owned businesses.

                As we celebrate the achievements of our Nation's 
                minority entrepreneurs during Minority Enterprise 
                Development Week, we also affirm our commitment to the 
                principle of equal opportunity. My Administration is 
                working hard to achieve an historic reform in our 
                education system that will significantly improve our 
                schools and make sure that no child is left behind. My 
                agenda also supports effective job training for all 
                Americans to ensure that the American dream touches 
                every willing heart. In so doing, we will enhance our 
                Nation's strength and productivity, while creating more 
                vibrant communities and improved standards of living 
                for every citizen.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim September 23 through 
                September 29, 2001, as Minority Enterprise Development 
                Week. I urge all Americans to join in observing this 
                week with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and 
                activities.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand one, and of the

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                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and twenty-sixth.

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