[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 31, Number 17 (Monday, May 1, 1995)]
[Pages 729-730]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 6793--Small Business Week, 1995

April 28, 1995

By the President of the United States

of America

A Proclamation

    At the heart of our free enterprise system are the Nation's 21.5 
million small businesses. They are the engine of our economy, keeping 
America competitive in domestic and global markets. These businesses 
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onstrate by their achievements and success that the promise of the 
American Dream is within the grasp of every one of our citizens.
    America's small business entrepreneurs are risk-takers, venturing 
into new and often uncertain territory. As a Nation, we are indebted to 
these bold men and women. With unparalleled commitment and 
determination, they keep us at the forefront of innovation and help fuel 
our economy.
    During the past decade, more than 600,000 new firms have been 
created annually. Indeed, just last year, more small businesses were 
created than at any time in our country's history. Through much of this 
period, small businesses generated most of the Nation's new jobs. Today, 
they employ almost 60 percent of the country's private work force.
    Growing numbers of women and minorities are empowering themselves 
through small business ownership, taking risks, and pursuing their 
entrepreneurial ambitions. New programs are teaching business ownership 
skills to our youth. And our Administration's Reinventing Government 
initiative--building a government that works better and costs less--will 
help sustain this entrepreneurial spirit for generations to come.
    As we approach a new era of economic opportunity, our Nation's small 
business owners continue to inspire us by their example. On behalf of 
all Americans, I thank these hardworking citizens across the country for 
helping to keep the American Dream alive.
    Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, 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 April 30 
through May 6, 1995, as ``Small Business Week.'' I ask all Americans to 
join me in saluting the small business owners of our Nation during this 
week with appropriate events and ceremonies.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth 
day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-five, 
and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred 
and nineteenth.
                                            William J. Clinton

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:15 a.m., May 1, 1995]

Note: This proclamation will be published in the Federal Register on May 
2.