Small Business Week, 2007

Proclamation 8127 of April 19, 2007

Small Business Week, 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.