[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 2, 2018)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 19425-19426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-09471]



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Vol. 83

Wednesday,

No. 85

May 2, 2018

Part IV





The President





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Proclamation 9730--National Small Business Week, 2018
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                Proclamation 9730 of April 27, 2018

                
National Small Business Week, 2018

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During Small Business Week, we recognize the ingenuity 
                of the American spirit and the renewed promise of the 
                American Dream. America is a country of innovators, 
                entrepreneurs, and builders. Our Nation's strength is 
                derived from our people's initiative and desire to 
                create a better tomorrow for our country through hard 
                work and determination.

                Small businesses are at the heart of our Nation. Our 
                country's 30 million small businesses employ nearly 58 
                million Americans--48 percent of the labor force. Each 
                year, small businesses create two-out-of-three net new, 
                private-sector jobs in the United States. For this 
                reason, my Administration worked with the Congress to 
                enact a tax relief plan that provides small businesses 
                with hundreds of billions in additional tax cuts. 
                Moreover, we remain focused on eliminating unnecessary 
                and unduly burdensome regulations, which hurt 
                hardworking Americans. Across the Nation, we are 
                enabling entrepreneurs to invest more of their time and 
                hard-earned profits into growing their businesses and 
                delivering better value for American consumers.

                As we usher in a new era of American prosperity, my 
                Administration will continue to implement a pro-growth 
                agenda based on policies that champion small business 
                creation and growth, giving more Americans the 
                opportunity to start, scale, and succeed in businesses 
                of their own. We will ensure trade deals are fair and 
                reciprocal, cutting the barriers that prevent American 
                producers from selling their products abroad. We are 
                protecting our economic interests and intellectual 
                property by investing in our Nation's cybersecurity, 
                making sure our workforce has the education, skills, 
                and training that small business owners demand, and 
                investing in our country's infrastructure to improve 
                productivity and the ability to transport goods and 
                services.

                This week, we celebrate all the entrepreneurs who have 
                taken a risk to start and grow a small business. They 
                are driven by a belief that they can do something 
                better, smarter, and more efficient than what has been 
                done before. They make our neighborhoods vibrant places 
                to live and work. They invest in their neighbors and 
                employ millions of Americans. When they succeed, we all 
                succeed.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim April 29 through May 
                5, 2018, as Small Business Week. I call upon all 
                Americans to recognize the critical contributions of 
                America's entrepreneurs and small business owners as 
                they grow our Nation's economy.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                second.
                
                
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[FR Doc. 2018-09471
Filed 5-1-18; 11:15 am]
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