[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 19, 2004)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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                Proclamation 7787 of May 14, 2004

                
Small Business Week, 2004

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                The dedication and entrepreneurial spirit of small 
                business owners are vital to our Nation's economic 
                growth and prosperity. We celebrate Small Business Week 
                to applaud the efforts of America's small business men 
                and women in our communities.

                Small businesses are a central part of America's 
                economy. They create approximately 70 percent of new 
                private sector jobs in this country. As our Nation's 
                economy continues to grow stronger, we must encourage 
                their spirit of enterprise.

                To help small businesses invest and create more jobs, 
                we have decreased the tax burden. We have given small 
                business men and women a fair chance to bid on 
                government contracts. We have a plan to create more 
                opportunity for America's small businesses and workers 
                by making health care costs more affordable and 
                predictable; streamlining regulations and paperwork 
                requirements; reducing frivolous lawsuits; making 
                America less dependent on foreign sources of energy; 
                and permanently eliminating the death tax.

                In this Small Business Week, we salute America's small 
                business owners and entrepreneurs and workers for their 
                contributions to America's prosperity and for making 
                our Nation better and stronger.

                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 May 16 through May 22, 2004, 
                as Small Business Week. I call upon all the people of 
                the United States to observe this week with appropriate 
                ceremonies, activities, and programs that celebrate the 
                achievements of small business owners and their 
                employees and encourage and foster the development of 
                new small businesses.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fourteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand four, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and twenty-eighth.

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[FR Doc. 04-11462
Filed 5-18-04; 8:45 am]
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