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“this legislation before the House today provides valuable support for a growing American economy. The programs that are reauthorized under Senate bill 1139 play a limited, but beneficial, role in promoting the most dynamic sector of the American economy, and that is small business. Mr. Speaker, recent experience with domestic job creation is consistent. Two-thirds of the new jobs created in America are created by small employers. Small business is a critical source of economic expansion across the country whether in inner cities, developing suburbs, or rural areas. The entrepreneurship of small employers is a critical source of economic opportunity and growth in communities throughout America. Today millions of small firms and risk-taking individuals are building the economy of the next century, the economy that our children will inherit and will provide their link to the American dream. The programs under the Small Business Administration that we are reauthorizing today will not by themselves create the American economy of the future; however by linking small businesses to sources of credit and technical assistance, the SBA has the potential to nurture entrepreneurship and promote more successful business starts and expansions. Mr. Speaker, I strongly support the enactment of this legislation.”