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The White House held a summit for small businesses Monday.
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The event in the East Room brought together more than 130 small business owners as the president highlights his administration’s policies benefiting them.
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“Our nation’s 36 million small businesses now have the confidence to hire, reinvest and expand, unleashing an historic era of sustained growth,” Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler said ahead of the event. “America is open for business again.”
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The gathering was meant to mark this year’s National Small Business Week and the owners represent manufacturing, food production, defense, energy and retail businesses, among other areas, according to the White House.
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