[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 16 (Monday, April 23, 2007)]
[Page 485]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

<R04>
Proclamation 8127--Small Business Week, 2007

 April 19, 2007

 By the President of the United States

 of America

 A Proclamation

    During Small Business Week, we honor small business owners and 
workers for their important role in ensuring that America remains the 
economic leader of the world. Every day, our Nation's small businesses 
help enhance the lives of our citizens and lead the way in an economy 
distinguished by low unemployment, sustained job creation, and one of 
the fastest growth rates of any major industrialized nation.
    To help extend our Nation's prosperity, my Administration is 
committed to continuing the pro-growth economic policies that encourage 
enterprise and make America the best place in the world to do business. 
Our economy has created more than 7 million new jobs since major tax 
relief was enacted in 2003, and we are working to keep taxes low to help 
small businesses continue to expand. We are taking steps to make health 
care more affordable and available for small business owners and 
employees by encouraging Health Savings Accounts, supporting Association 
Health Plans legislation, and proposing a standard tax deduction for 
health insurance. My Administration is also committed to ensuring that 
small businesses can compete in the global economy.
    By continuing to expand trade, we can open new markets for American 
products, lower prices for consumers, and create better American jobs.
    Small businesses are the lifeblood of cities and towns across the 
country, and we salute small business owners, entrepreneurs, and 
employees for enhancing our communities and expanding opportunities for 
all. The hard work and ingenuity of our Nation's small business men and 
women are helping to sustain America's economic strength.
    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 April 22 through April 28, 
2007, as Small Business Week. I call upon the people of the United 
States to observe this week with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and 
programs that celebrate the accomplishments of small business owners and 
their employees and encourage the development of new small businesses.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day 
of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
first.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 9:29 a.m., April 23, 
2007]

Note: This proclamation will be published in the Federal Register on 
April 24.