PRINTER'S NO. 1681
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
301
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY ECKER, KORTZ, HILL-EVANS, BIZZARRO, HICKERNELL,
KIRKLAND, RYAN, OWLETT, BERNSTINE, KLUNK, MERSKI, GREINER,
MACKENZIE, CALTAGIRONE, NEILSON, EVERETT, BROWN, SCHLEGEL
CULVER, SAINATO, KINSEY, THOMAS, TOEPEL, MURT, DiGIROLAMO,
SONNEY, READSHAW, FREEMAN, ROTHMAN, OBERLANDER, LONGIETTI,
MILLARD, MENTZER, MOUL, JONES, SCHWEYER, ZIMMERMAN AND
GILLEN, MAY 2, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 2, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of May 5 through 11, 2019, as "Small
Business Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Small business employers and employees constitute
nearly half of the United States workforce; and
WHEREAS, Each year since 1963, the President of the United
States has signed a "National Small Business Week" proclamation;
and
WHEREAS, This observance recognizes the risk-takers,
innovators and investors who steer small business development
and performance; and
WHEREAS, Their enterprises create two out of every three new
jobs; and
WHEREAS, In this Commonwealth, small-scale enterprises
represent 99.6% of all employers and 2.5 million private-sector
employees; and
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WHEREAS, The 1 million small businesses in this Commonwealth
generate billions of dollars in annual income and benefits; and
WHEREAS, Addressing regulated utility matters with the Office
of Small Business Advocate, these small businesses have derived
an estimated $35 million in annual utility cost savings; and
WHEREAS, Their cumulative utility cost savings over a three-
year period are projected to be nearly $130 million; and
WHEREAS, The Commonwealth is committed to providing
interagency support for small business owners as they build and
advance their enterprises; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
week of May 5 through 11, 2019, as "Small Business Week" in
Pennsylvania.
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