"Small businesses are the engine of our national economy. We now have in the United States about 30 million small businesses. About half of all American workers are either employed by a small business or own a small business. And two out of three new jobs are created by small business. Those are pretty powerful and compelling statistics," said Linda McMahon, Administrator of SBA, in a press release Saturday.

McMahon's words were echoed by Tulsi Gabbard, a Federal Representative from Hawaii, who tweeted Saturday morning: "Small businesses are the heart of our economy, and in Hawaii they make up over 99 percent of the business & employ nearly 270,000 people. Today, Nov. 25 is SmallBusinessSaturday -- let's get out and support local businesses."

Vala Afshar, a digital business experts who wrote "The Pursuit of Social Business Excellence," posted on his twitter that there are 29 million small businesses in the United States, accounting for 99.7 percent of all business in the county.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) also joined the promotion team, saying on its official twitter page that over 800 small businesses located across 43 states contributed to the NASA's rocket program.

"Did you know that there are over 1,600 small businesses that are supporting our work and missions? In the 2016 fiscal year, these small businesses received over 5.25 billion U.S. dollars in contracts from us." NASA said.

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