[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 187 (Friday, September 25, 2020)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 60681-60682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21422]



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Vol. 85

Friday,

No. 187

September 25, 2020

Part V





The President





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Proclamation 10082--National Small Business Week, 2020
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                Proclamation 10082 of September 19, 2020

                
National Small Business Week, 2020

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During National Small Business Week, we celebrate the 
                resolve and ingenuity of American businesses, 
                entrepreneurs, and workers. America's small businesses 
                are at the very core of our Nation's identity and 
                prosperity, and this week we pay tribute to these 
                patriots for their contributions to our Nation's 
                economy and culture.

                This year, as we collectively recover from an 
                unprecedented pandemic, my Administration remains 
                intensely focused on helping every American enterprise 
                remain viable, recover, and once again, thrive at 
                historic levels. Our Nation's more than 30 million 
                small businesses, which employ nearly half the private-
                sector workforce and create two-thirds of all net new 
                jobs, are the key to propelling our economy to the 
                prosperity levels America has enjoyed over the past 3 
                years. That is why, as part of our extraordinary, 
                whole-of-government economic response to the 
                coronavirus, we have placed the small business sector 
                front and center. We have delivered nearly three 
                quarters of a trillion dollars in timely, economic 
                relief to distressed small business entrepreneurs and 
                their employees throughout the country, including $525 
                billion in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, 
                $190 billion in COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans 
                (EIDL), $20 billion in EIDL Advance grants, and 
                additional healthcare funding.

                Additionally, American small businesses have been 
                critical in revitalizing economically distressed areas. 
                That is why my Administration worked with Congress to 
                designate thousands of Opportunity Zones in underserved 
                communities, and as a result, we are creating 
                unprecedented new economic opportunities. We have also 
                made extraordinary strides in the cultivation of 
                entrepreneurship among underrepresented groups, 
                including women, minorities, and veterans. In fact, 
                under my Administration, Latinos are the fastest-
                growing group of entrepreneurs. These numbers are an 
                important reminder that in the United States anyone who 
                is dedicated and hard-working is capable of achieving 
                their own American Dream.

                Across our country, small businesses are essential to 
                their communities, creating jobs and giving back during 
                times of prosperity and challenge. My Administration is 
                committed to investing in small business owners, and 
                therefore advancing solutions that make it easier for 
                them to exceed their goals. During this National Small 
                Business Week, we celebrate the success of our American 
                entrepreneurs who have chartered their own courses to 
                provide jobs and a bright future for millions of 
                American workers.

                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 September 20 through 
                September 26, 2020, as National 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 
                nineteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                fifth.
                
                
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