Lend your voice to
help America’s small businesses!

Our small businesses are in crisis. Almost half of small business owners do not believe they will be able to continue operations beyond the end of this year without more federal assistance.

Small businesses are essential to the United States. They employ almost half of all private-sector workers and account for 44 percent of our nation’s GDP. They also are essential to our communities. They are vital employers and innovators. They support our churches, youth sports teams and civic events. Without them, there would be no Main Streets in America.

Please join us in urging our elected leaders to transcend partisanship and forge meaningful agreement on an assistance package to help our struggling small businesses and, in turn, tens of millions of Americans. It’s time to put politics aside and get to work on the next round of COVID-19 relief legislation, which must include comprehensive recovery assistance for small businesses.

The petition urges the President and Congress to ensure several key principles guide small business recovery:

• Federally guaranteed loans, at favorable terms, that will enable small businesses to transform and sustain themselves through 2020 and well into 2021.
• Businesses should have flexibility to determine how loan funds are used.
• The hardest-hit businesses should be eligible for at least partial loan forgiveness.
• Relief needs to be delivered expeditiously.

"Republicans and Democrats already agree that small businesses are essential to the fabric of our communities and economy," the petition states. "It is time to put that belief to work."

Join us to save retailers, restaurants, suppliers, manufacturers, and the overall U.S. economy.