PRINTER'S NO. 3260
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
848
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY READSHAW, DEASY, PAYNE, FREEMAN, HARPER,
RAVENSTAHL, QUIGLEY, CORBIN, KIRKLAND, HENNESSEY, COHEN,
BURNS, WHEELAND, PASHINSKI, THOMAS, MACKENZIE, KOTIK,
V. BROWN, BAKER, HARHART, DONATUCCI, STAATS, VEREB, KILLION,
BOBACK, ROTHMAN, DiGIROLAMO, CALTAGIRONE, LONGIETTI,
BIZZARRO, SCHLEGEL CULVER, TOEPEL, McNEILL, TOOHIL, KIM,
JAMES, DRISCOLL, WARD, PICKETT, DUSH, SONNEY, KAUFFMAN,
SAINATO, D. COSTA, ROSS, MILLARD, SCHREIBER, ROZZI, MURT,
SCHLOSSBERG, MUSTIO, WATSON, MARSICO, IRVIN, O'NEILL,
MARSHALL, MENTZER, NEILSON, BULLOCK, MILNE, DAY, YOUNGBLOOD,
A. HARRIS, HARHAI, R. BROWN, GOODMAN, DeLUCA, SAYLOR,
GIBBONS, GROVE, MAHONEY, EVERETT, REGAN, MAJOR, FARINA,
ZIMMERMAN, GINGRICH, MOUL AND GILLEN, MAY 2, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 2, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of May 1 through 7, 2016, as "Small
Business Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Every year since 1963, the President of the United
States has issued a proclamation announcing "National Small
Business Week," which recognizes the critical contributions of
America's entrepreneurs and small business owners; and
WHEREAS, Small businesses create about two out of every three
new jobs in this country each year; and
WHEREAS, More than half of Americans either own or work for a
small business; and
WHEREAS, Small businesses make up 98.2% of all employers in
this Commonwealth; and
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WHEREAS, Small businesses helped this Commonwealth attain a
4.6% unemployment rate in January 2016, which was lower than the
national average of 4.9%; and
WHEREAS, Small businesses employ approximately half, or 2.4
million, of this Commonwealth's private work force; and
WHEREAS, The 999,591 small businesses in this Commonwealth
produce billions of dollars in annual income, including
benefits; and
WHEREAS, More small business owners are anticipating economic
expansion in the coming year than at any point since the end of
the economic recession; and
WHEREAS, The Commonwealth's commitment to small business
development and advancement is clear in many ways, such as the
work of the Pennsylvania Office of Small Business Advocate; and
WHEREAS, The ongoing work of the Pennsylvania Office of Small
Business Advocate afforded an estimated $90 million in savings
in 2015 annual utility cost savings, with an estimated $222
million in utility cost savings over the next three years,
realized by this Commonwealth's small business utility
customers; and
WHEREAS, Most new jobs that are created in this Commonwealth
are in small businesses; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
week of May 1 through 7, 2016, as "Small Business Week" in
Pennsylvania.
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