I am very happy to be in Waco this morning, meeting so many of your constituents involved in finding good-paying, long-term jobs for America's veterans.

This tax credit will give the veteran more money for getting them into business faster.

The beauty of franchising is that it is systems based.

I would like to ask everyone here in this subcommittee to consider bringing to the 113th Congress the Help Veterans Own Franchises Act.

Let us not just give them an ovation. Let us give them a vocation.

And could you use part of your GI bill? Not all military veterans who come out go right into college, but if they could use that for franchise education to get them into business quicker?

Veterans hire more veterans. You know, when you ask about what do veterans do? Veterans understand commitment.

And what we--what we want to do, all it does is it offers a tax credit to the veteran for up to 50 percent of their franchise fee.

Returning veterans tell me all of the time that finding a job is both the most important and the most difficult thing they faced.

I really want to compliment you for advocating for victims of human trafficking.

And you knew that you would get the benefits to be able to apply yourself more full-time at college after leaving the service?

I want to welcome you and everyone from Washington, D.C. to Riverside, California.

Riverside County has the eighth largest veteran population of any county in the Nation.

I know that you are truly committed to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity and its responsibility to protect our veterans.

So it is just that you had tried to go to community college before you went into the service?

Examining Higher Education Institutions' Services To Veterans.

It is my hope that today's hearing will shed light on both the global statistics as well as the local trends right here in southern California.

It is absolutely unacceptable to allow the continued victimization and abuse of a population that we have vowed to care for and protect.