[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 118, 108th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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;

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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.
GEORGE W. BUSH

PROCLAMATION 7788--MAY 14, 2004