Jeanne Shaheen actually said...

Thank you very much for holding this hearing and for the effort to reauthorize the STEP Program.

I think you pointed out that you have been able to add 22 additional employees as a result of the program, which I think is very impressive.

one of the things that STEP does is help to level that playing field in a way that is really important to our small businesses.

You know, one of my favorite statistics is that 95 percent of markets are outside of the U.S., but only about one percent of small and mediu...