,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #cac  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december 
#i1 #bjac,ms4 ,landrieu 7for herself1   
,mr4 ,risch1 ,mr4 ,barrasso1 ,mr4       
,baucus1 ,mr4 ,begich1 ,mr4 ,bennet1    
,mr4 ,boozman1 ,mrs4 ,boxer1 ,ms4       
,cantwell1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 ,mr4 ,carper1  
,mr4 ,chambliss1 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,mr4      
,crapo1 ,mr4 ,enzi1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1   
,mrs4 ,fischer1 ,mrs4 ,hagan1 ,mr4      
,hatch1 ,ms4 ,heitkamp1 ,ms4 ,hirono1   
,mr4 ,hoeven1 ,mr4 ,johnson of          
,wisconsin1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,south     
,dakota1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4  
,kirk1 ,mr4 ,levin1 ,mr4 ,manchin1 ,mr4 
,menendez1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,portman1
 ,mr4 ,pryor1 ,mr4 ,roberts1 ,mr4       
,rubio1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 ,mr4 ,scott1 ,mrs4
 ,shaheen1 ,mr4 ,tester1 ,mr4 ,thune1   
,mr4 ,udall of ,new ,mexico1 ,mr4       
,warner1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 and ,ms4     
,ayotte7 submitted the following        
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            

,,resolution  ,designating ,november    
#cj1 #bjac as ,small ,business ,saturday
 and supporting efforts to increase     
awareness of the value of locally owned 
small businesses4  ,whereas small       
businesses represent #ii4g percent of   
all businesses having employees         
7commonly referred to as employer       
firms72 ,whereas small businesses employ
 over #di percent of the employees in   
the private sector2 ,whereas small      
businesses pay over #db percent of the  
total payroll of the employees in the   
private sector2 ,whereas small          
businesses are responsible for more than
 #ej percent of the private1 nonfarm    
product of the gross domestic product2  
,whereas small businesses generated #fd 
percent of net new jobs created between 
#aiic and #bjaa2 ,whereas #hg percent of
 consumers in the ,united ,states agree 
that the success of small businesses is 
critical to the overall economic health 
of the ,united ,states2 ,whereas #ic    
percent of consumers in the ,united     

,states agree that it is important to   
support the small businesses in their   
community2 and ,whereas ,november #cj1  
#bjac would be an appropriate date to   
designate as ,small ,business ,saturday3
 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the       
,senate-- 7#a7 designates ,november #cj1
 #bjac as ,small ,business ,saturday2   
and  7#b7 supports efforts to-- 7,a7    
encourage consumers to shop locally2 and
  7,b7 increase awareness of the value  
of locally owned small businesses and   
the impact of locally owned small       
businesses on the economy of the ,united
 ,states4