President and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce, Tom Donohue presents his 2019 State of American Business address in this video.  He focuses on policies that result in the bolstering of growth to “enable workers, families, and businesses to pursue their American dreams.”  As such, in the video, one business owner Brian Steorts, Flags of Valor, described his American dream as the ability to “remember, employ and empower” his employees…remembering how we became the greatest country in the world.

Maria Rios of Nation’s Waste, explained: “Coming to this country from El Salvador, becoming an American citizen and starting my own business and creating jobs for other americans; that was my American dream.”

Mark Wilson, Chime Solutions, Moscow, GA “My American dream was to see people reach their full potential; that’s what the American dream is really all about.”

There are different American dreams here; but business is the “common thread that combines them.”