,,iv  #aad? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #bgf  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,may #ai1 #bjae ,mrs4 
,c>olyn ,b4 ,maloney ( ,new ,york 7=    
h]self & ,mrs4 ,blackburn7 submitt$ !   
foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to !    
,committee on ,en]gy & ,comm]ce         
,,resolution  ,honor+ ! ,national       
,association ( ,wom5 ,bus9ess ,own]s on 
its #dj? anniv]s>y4  ,:]eas wom5-own$   
bus9esses are "o ( ! fa/e/-gr[+ segm5ts 
( ! ,unit$ ,/ates economy2 ,:]eas       
#ac1fjj1jjj firms are #ej p]c5t or m    
own$ by wom51 & ^! bus9esses employ     
ne>ly #ae1ijj1jjj p & g5]ate            
#b1gjj1jjj1jjj1jjj 9 rev5ue z ( #bjac2  
,:]eas emp[]+ m wom5 entrepr5eurs &     
bus9ess own]s is important to !         
,nation's economic future2 ,:]eas !     
,national ,association ( ,wom5 ,bus9ess 
,own]s 7,,nawbo7 0 e/abli%$ 9 #aige by a
 gr\p ( l-m9d$ bus9esswom5 to s]ve z !  
collective voice ( wom5 bus9ess own]s   
across ! c\ntry & advocate on behalf (  
_! entrepr5eurial int]e/s2 ,:]eas       

,,nawbo's roots are 9 public policy1 &  
,,nawbo play$ an integral role 9 !      
passage ( ,h4,r4 #ejej1 ! ,wom5's       
,bus9ess ,own]%ip ,act ( #aihh2 ,:]eas  
,,nawbo rema9s focus$ on collaborat+ to 
create a bus9ess-fri5dly environm5t at !
 national1 ,/ate1 & local levels to     
enable wom5 to />t & gr[ _! bus9esses & 
create jobs2 & ,:]eas ,,nawbo repres5ts 
a div]se univ]se ( wom5 bus9ess own]s   
across an array ( sectors 9 ! ,unit$    
,/ates3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x  ,t ! ,h\se (  
,repres5tatives comm5ds ! ,national     
,association ( ,wom5 ,bus9ess ,own]s =  
its tireless ef=ts & decades ( support (
 wom5 entrepr5eurs & bus9ess own]s &    
congratulates ! ,national ,association (
 ,wom5 ,bus9ess ,own]s on its #dj?      
anniv]s>y4