as the congressman stated, my name is brian vaughn. i own nearly famous, incorporated which consists of four burger king restaurants in georgia and i'm happy to be here today on behalf of the u.s. chamber of commerce. i'm also a proud member of the national franchisee association and have served on their board of directors for three years. nothing i say here today reflects the position or opinions of my franchisor, burger king corporation. when people think of burger king, they think of a big international corporation. even though the sign on the door says burger king, in my four restaurants, are small family-owned and run businesses. i began working as a burger king assistant manager in 1980 as the congressman said, earning $14,000 a year. after working my way up, i partnered in 1993 with francis lott to open our own restaurants in georgia. in 2001 i bought out my partner's interests and today, i operate these four restaurants with my wife cindy. at our four restaurants we are proud to have created 182 jobs. we have 59 full-time emplo

as the congressman stated, my name is brian vaughn.own nearly famous, incorporated which consists of four burger king restaurants in georgia and i'm happy to be here today on behalf of the u.s. chamber of commerce. i'm also a proud member of the national franchisee association and have served on their board of directors for three years. nothing i say here today reflects the position or opinions of my franchisor, burger king corporation. when people think of burger king, they think of a big international corporation. even though the sign on the door says burger king, in my four restaurants, are small family-owned and run businesses. i began working as a burger king assistant manager in 1980 as the congressman said, earning $14,000 a year. after working my way up, i partnered in 1993 with francis lott to open our own restaurants in georgia. in 2001 i bought out my partner's interests and today, i operate these four restaurants with my wife cindy. at our four restaurants we are proud to have created 182 jobs. we have 59 full-time employee