Madam Speaker, this bipartisan legislation, crafted under the leadership of my colleague from New York, chairwoman of the Small Business Committee, Ms. Velazquez, maintains support of a wide range of organizations, including the Independent Community Bankers of America, the American Dental Association, the American Veterans, and American College of Physicians. Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy. In my home State of New York, 99 percent of all businesses are small businesses, and they employ 52 percent of the nonfarm, private sector workforce. In 2005, an estimated 62,000 new small firms began operations in New York, creating $77 billion in entrepreneurial income for the State of New York.
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Discussing House Resolution 330 and the Small Business Lending Improvements Act of 2007.
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