Small Business Week, 2005

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Part V

The President

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Proclamation 7886--Small Business Week, 2005

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 7886 of April 14, 2005

Small Business Week, 2005

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

America's economy is the most prosperous in the world,
and the small business sector is one of its great
strengths. During Small Business Week, we honor small
business owners and workers, and we reaffirm our
commitment to keeping America the best place in the
world to do business.

Our economy is strong and growing stronger. More
Americans are working today than ever before. The
unemployment rate is lower than the average rate of the
1970's, 1980's, and 1990's. Homeownership is at a
record high. Family incomes are rising. Small
businesses are at the heart of this growth, creating
most new private-sector jobs in our economy and helping
our citizens succeed.

My Administration is committed to keeping small
businesses vibrant and strong. We provided tax relief
and streamlined tax reporting requirements for small
businesses. We are working to reduce the burden of
unnecessary regulation and excessive litigation. We are
working to make health care more available and
affordable. We are opening up markets for U.S. products
through free trade agreements and by enforcing existing
trade laws. And we have promoted a culture of ownership
so that more people can own their own homes and start
their own businesses.

As small business owners and employees add to the
vitality of our economy, they also inspire others to
realize the full promise of our Nation. I join all
Americans in celebrating the entrepreneurial spirit and
hard work of our small business owners and employees.

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 24 through April 30,
2005, 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 April, in the year of our Lord two
thousand five, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and twenty-ninth.

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