Minority Enterprise Development Week, 2005

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Part IV

The President

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Proclamation 7926--Minority Enterprise Development Week, 2005

Proclamation 7927--National Historically Black Colleges and
Universities Week, 2005

Proclamation 7928--National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, 2005

Proclamation 7929--Patriot Day, 2005

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 7926 of September 9, 2005

Minority Enterprise Development Week, 2005

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Across our country, the entrepreneurial spirit of
minority businesses is strong and growing. By creating
jobs and advancing opportunities, these businesses
improve lives and transform neighborhoods throughout
our Nation. During Minority Enterprise Development
Week, we recognize minority entrepreneurs and their
employees for their commitment to free enterprise and
equal opportunity.

Minority businesses are an essential part of a society
in which personal initiative is encouraged and in which
opportunity is within the reach of all of our citizens.
Significant increases in minority business ownership
are providing an engine for economic growth and helping
more of our citizens succeed. By fueling job creation
and providing goods and services to consumers, these
businesses are helping to lift communities and provide
hope.

In order to extend the promise of our country to all of
our citizens, our economy must continue to grow and
expand. My Administration is working to keep taxes low,
protect small businesses from needless regulation and
frivolous lawsuits, and reduce global trade barriers to
open up new markets for American entrepreneurs. We have
provided new market tax credits to boost investment and
community development in low-income areas, and we are
working to stimulate and support minority businesses by
providing training and mentoring.

Minority businesses help ensure that our country is a
land of opportunity. Their example reflects the best
qualities of America, demonstrating that every person
has the opportunity to strive for a better future and
to take part in the promise of our great Nation.

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 September 11 through
September 17, 2005, as Minority Enterprise Development
Week. I call upon all Americans to celebrate this week
with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities
to recognize the important contributions of our
Nation's minority enterprises.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord two
thousand five, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and thirtieth.

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