McCaul Co-Sponsors ‘Global Entrepreneurship Week' Resolution

(Washington, D.C.) - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), along with Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), co-founding members of the bi-partisan, Congressional High Tech Caucus, jointly introduced H. Res. 1017, expressing support for designation of the week before Thanksgiving as `Global Entrepreneurship Week' to inspire young people everywhere to embrace innovation, imagination, and creativity and to train the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders.

"I am proud to work in a truly bipartisan manner to help celebrate our nation’s best and brightest," Congressman McCaul said. "These are extraordinarily talented individuals who are willing and able to convert a new idea or invention into a successful innovation, thereby contributing to our economy." "Entrepreneurs are highly motivated by an overwhelming need for achievement and strong urge to build. These are traits that must be applauded and shared with our next generation of achievers."

The strength of this country’s economic growth and stability is tied directly to the success of entrepreneurs, and now more than ever, it is vital that we encourage enterprising behavior in those who will see our nation through to the future. Thousands of organizations in the United States will join in the celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week by planning activities designed to inspire, connect, inform, mentor and engage the next generation of entrepreneurs. The week will harness the energy of social networking and connect people—students, educators, entrepreneurs, business leaders, employees, non-profit leaders, government officials, and others—taking action to catalyze an entrepreneurial society.

Global Entrepreneurship Week will weave into the fabric of everyday life, engaging young people in school, at home, on the web and at work. Through this initiative, the next generation of entrepreneurs will emerge and acquire the knowledge, skills, networks, and values needed to grow innovative, sustainable enterprises with a positive impact on their lives and the lives of those around them.

In a world of vanishing boundaries, Global Entrepreneurship Week will find new ways to connect with the next generation of entrepreneurs, showing them that it is possible not just to dream big dreams but to achieve big things.

Created at the beginning of the 110th Congress, the Congressional High Tech Caucus is a bipartisan forum of 60 Members of Congress formed to address the concerns vital to this important industry. The Caucus solicits briefings for Members of Congress and their staffs from industry leaders and experts as well as educators and government officials working on related issues. The Caucus gives Members of Congress, congressional and agency staffers, industry leaders, university and private researchers and interested groups the ability to share their ideas, by promoting dialogue, to improve our high tech sector, expand job growth and improve American competitiveness.