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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 318 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Expressing support for the designation of the week of April 24–29, 2025, |
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| 6 | 6 | | as ‘‘Small Businesses in For-Hire Transportation Week’’. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL9, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | ILLERof West Virginia submitted the following resolution; which was |
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| 11 | 11 | | referred to the Committee on Small Business |
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| 12 | 12 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 13 | 13 | | Expressing support for the designation of the week of April |
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| 14 | 14 | | 24–29, 2025, as ‘‘Small Businesses in For-Hire Trans- |
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| 15 | 15 | | portation Week’’. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Whereas small business in the for-hire transportation indus- |
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| 17 | 17 | | try is made up of over 18,300 locally owned and operated |
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| 18 | 18 | | companies in the United States; |
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| 19 | 19 | | Whereas small business in the for-hire transportation indus- |
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| 20 | 20 | | try employs 276,250 drivers and nearly a million other |
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| 21 | 21 | | workers (mechanics, call center personnel, administrative |
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| 22 | 22 | | staff, and management teams) in the United States; |
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| 23 | 23 | | Whereas small business in the for-hire transportation indus- |
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| 24 | 24 | | try employs a workforce that is approximately 50 percent |
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| 25 | 25 | | minority in the United States; |
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| 27 | 27 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HRES 318 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | Whereas nonemergency medical transportation, taxicab, lim- |
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| 30 | 30 | | ousine, livery, paratransit, and shuttle small businesses |
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| 31 | 31 | | transport over 2,000,000,000 people annually in the |
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| 32 | 32 | | United States; |
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| 33 | 33 | | Whereas small businesses in the for-hire transportation in- |
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| 34 | 34 | | dustry continue to be critical to helping small businesses, |
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| 35 | 35 | | families, hospital personnel, patients, COVID patients, |
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| 36 | 36 | | shut-ins, and working families, those in food deserts, and |
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| 37 | 37 | | others through the transitions needed during COVID–19 |
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| 38 | 38 | | and the future variants; |
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| 39 | 39 | | Whereas small businesses in the for-hire transportation in- |
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| 40 | 40 | | dustry continue to be essential in providing public trans- |
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| 41 | 41 | | portation to those in our communities who need it the |
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| 42 | 42 | | most; |
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| 43 | 43 | | Whereas the Transportation Alliance is a critical nonprofit |
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| 44 | 44 | | organization that provides small business entrepreneurs |
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| 45 | 45 | | with the support to build their own successful businesses |
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| 46 | 46 | | in their local community through education, training, and |
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| 47 | 47 | | mentoring opportunities; |
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| 48 | 48 | | Whereas Congress should support riding local, as small busi- |
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| 49 | 49 | | nesses are the economic drivers in every community and |
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| 50 | 50 | | a healthy for-hire transportation industry benefits the |
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| 51 | 51 | | local economy, creates more jobs, and keeps investment |
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| 52 | 52 | | in the community; and |
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| 53 | 53 | | Whereas small businesses in the for-hire transportation in- |
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| 54 | 54 | | dustry continue to be a critical resource to local, State, |
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| 55 | 55 | | and Federal agencies, providing necessary transportation |
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| 56 | 56 | | options for every citizen: Now, therefore, be it |
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| 57 | 57 | | Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (1) expresses support for the designation of 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘Small Businesses in For-Hire Transportation 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | •HRES 318 IH |
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| 63 | 63 | | Week’’ in honor of the commitment and essential 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | services provided by the for-hire transportation in-2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | dustry; and 3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (2) recognizes the efforts of small business in 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | the for-hire transportation industry to promote safe-5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ty and support for our communities. 6 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Æ |
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