New Hampshire is very much a small business state, as you know. 96 percent of our employers are small businesses.

I hope that we can eliminate furloughs for the entire department.

the family piece of this is incredibly important as well in the support structure.

Like Senator Landrieu, I was pleased to see that the budget calls for reauthorizing the 504 refinancing program.

But that does not take away the responsibility of the Federal Government, given what we have asked our Guard and Reserve members to do, along with our Active-Duty Forces in fighting the wars for our country and for our Nation.

I want to begin by recognizing Administrator Mills for all of the great work that you have done at SBA since you have taken on that task.

I wanted to follow up on this idea, Captain Hanson, on the Guard and Reserve assistance.

Every Guard and Reserve member across this Nation and their families deserve that type of support.

I think we can do a lot better within DOD.

I remain concerned about the impact furloughs will have on our military readiness--not to mention the financial hardship they will inflict on our DOD civilians who perform critical tasks at our shipyards and depots.

It is our moral duty to protect the civil rights of our men and women in uniform and their families.

This is an issue that is a bipartisan issue that we are concerned about making sure that when our men and women in uniform are victims of sexual assault, that they understand that when they come forward, they will receive justice.

I cannot even imagine what sometimes our men and women in uniform go through in trying to exercise their right to vote.

Why can't DOD treat registering to vote the same way it treats SGLI?

I just want to make sure it is standardized in an appropriate way--not to infringe, but to give people information.

Just making sure that they have the tools at their hands to understand how to exercise their right to vote.

Do we do that?

I appreciate how difficult it is at this time and appreciate what you are doing and those that serve underneath you.