Absolutely, the Senator is correct. I am glad I have this chart to answer her question because she has been representing the State of California beautifully for so many years. She knows this without me showing it, but 81 percent of the jobs lost in America are from small business. So when the other side complains and complains and just flaps and flaps and flaps all day long about it is a jobless recovery, we have a bill on the floor to create jobs from small business and they say no. That vote today was a ``no'' vote to give help to small business. They can color it, paint it any way they want. That is what it was. We know this recovery is having a hard time with jobs. This isn't Mary Landrieu information. This comes from the monthly national employment reports from 2008 to 2010--the job losses with small business. That crew over there on the other side of that aisle can't run fast enough to help big business, to help Wall Street. But when it comes to voting to help small businesses that are bleeding jobs, they want to run and hide off the floor.
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Senator Landrieu discusses the impact of job losses on small businesses and criticizes opposition to job creation efforts.
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