III 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 328 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 9, 2017 Mr. Risch (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Kennedy , Mr. Markey , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Udall , Mrs. Ernst , Mr. Coons , Mr. Scott , Mr. Booker , Mr. Enzi , Mr. Donnelly , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Boozman , Mrs. Feinstein , Mrs. Fischer , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Crapo , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Rounds , Mr. Manchin , Mr. Portman , Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Lankford , Mr. Casey , Mr. Isakson , Mr. King , Mr. Cassidy , Mr. Menendez , Ms. Collins , Mr. Tester , Mr. Daines , Ms. Heitkamp , Mr. Grassley , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Tillis , Ms. Hassan , Mr. Young , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Hoeven , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Thune , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Johnson , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Graham , Ms. Cortez Masto , Mrs. Capito , Mr. Alexander , Mr. Cochran , Mr. Roberts , Ms. Murkowski , and Ms. Warren ) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Recognizing November 25, 2017, as Small Business Saturday and supporting the efforts of the Small Business Administration to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses.

Whereas there are more than 29,000,000 small businesses in the United States; Whereas small businesses represent 99.9 percent of all firms in the United States; Whereas small businesses employ more than 47 percent of the employees in the private sector in the United States; Whereas small businesses constitute nearly 98 percent of firms exporting goods; Whereas small businesses pay more than 41 percent of the total payroll of the employees in the private sector in the United States; Whereas small business generated more than 61 percent of net new jobs created between 1993 and 2016; and Whereas November 25, 2017, is an appropriate day to recognize Small Business Saturday : Now, therefore, be it