ENROLLED
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 43
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCFARLAND
A RESOLUTION
To recognize March 28, 2018, as National Federation of Independent Business/Louisiana
Small Business Day at the state capitol and to commend the National Federation of
Independent Business on its seventy-fifth anniversary.
WHEREAS, both governmental and private entities alike herald small businesses as
the backbone of the American economy; small businesses create a vast array of goods,
services, and jobs throughout Louisiana and across the United States; and
WHEREAS, federal law recognizes that encouraging and developing the capacity
of small business is essential to the free market competition upon which the economic well-
being and security of the nation depend; and
WHEREAS, founded in 1943, the National Federation of Small Business was created
to represent the interests of thousands of small businesses; in 1949, the National Federation
of Independent Business (NFIB) succeeded to the work of the National Federation of Small
Business; and
WHEREAS, today NFIB represents hundreds of thousands of small and independent
businesses, including many in Louisiana, and has advanced small and independent business
owners' ability to operate and grow their establishments; and
WHEREAS, the small and independent businesses and the people of Louisiana have
benefitted from the work of NFIB for three-quarters of a century.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby recognize Wednesday, March 28, 2018, as National
Federation of Independent Business/Louisiana Small Business Day at the state capitol and
does hereby commend the National Federation of Independent Business on its seventy-fifth
anniversary.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to Dawn Starns, the state director of the Louisiana Small Business Association.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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