    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 132, 115th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    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.
    DONALD J. TRUMP