the author is karen mills. if you want to talk to her about these concepts, you can call us on the lines. for those of you small business owners out there, it's 202-748-800. for everyone else, 202-748-8001. when you look in your book you talk about three myths. the first is most small businesses fail and most should not be financed. >> yes, in fact the small bit myth that most annoys me is small businesses aren't very important to the economy. there are a lot of economists who believe this, that really it's the few silicon valley firms that would be google, they're important, and also big business, but half the people who work in this country own or work for a small business. that's half the jobs. it's two out of every three net new jobs. it's also the path to social mobility. so when small business doesn't get a seat at the table and doesn't get attention, we are missing out. i call it the political paradox. everybody is for small business. bipartisan issue, but nobody does anything. i say what do you think of

. >> our guest is karen mill. inise topic of small business. fintech, small business and the american dream -- karen, thank you for being with us. what is the goal and purpose of the small business administration. uniquelye s.b.a., we in the united states have an agency like this. the flagship program is about getting loans out to small businesses, and this was particularly important. i actually got this position 10 years ago right at this time, and i was unanimously confirmed by the senate, i try to mention that these days, and th one of the reasons sva had an important role was that we were in a credit crisis. banks have stopped lending. we were able to raise the sb a guaranteed rate and get about 1000 banks lending at that time. does things around advice, disaster recovery and small business contracting. host: now that you are in the private sector, how do you describe the current state of small businesses, and what is the largest factor facing them. a interesting time for small businesses. in the last month or so, we saw some russian in opti

. >> our guest is karen mill. inise topic of small business. fintech, small business and the american dream -- karen, thank you for being with us.

and we'll talk with karen mills about her new book about technology's impact on small businesses. watch "washington journal" live at k a.m. eastern. join the discussion. >> also tomorrow, delaware senator chris coons discusses u.s. relations with china. he recently traveled to east asia and he'll talk about that tomorrow at the down soinl foreign relations live at 8:30 eastern on c-span2. also tomorrow, the senate judiciary committee holds a hearing on the national security , intellectual property and other issue related to the rollout of 5g technology throughout the united states. that's live at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. at the white house, earlier today, president trump met with hungarian prime minister or bmbing an and praised his immigration policies. the president took questions from reporters on china, tariffs, relations with russia and the mueller report. pres. trump: thank you very much, it is a great honor to have with us the prime minister of hungary. and viktor orbán has done a tremendous job in so many different ways, highly respected and respect at all over e

host: our guest is karen mills. as a former administrator for the small business administration from 2009-2013, and has a book on the topic of small business. fintech, small business and the american dream -- karen, thank you for being with us. what is the goal and purpose of the small business administration. uniquelye s.b.a., we in the united states have an agency like this. the flagship program is about getting loans out to small businesses, and this was particularly important. i actually got this position 10 years ago right at this time, and i was unanimously confirmed by the senate, i try to mention that these days, and th one of the reasons sva had an important role was that we were in a credit crisis. banks have stopped lending. we were able to raise the sb a guaranteed rate and get about 1000 banks lending at that time. does things around advice, disaster recovery and small business contracting. host: now that you are in the private sector, how do you describe the current state of small businesses, and what

then we talk with karen mills about her book on technology's impact on small businesses.watch c-span's -- c-span'sournal" "washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. eastern live tuesday morning. >> on tuesday, the senate judiciary committee holds a hearing on the impact of five g technology. that's followed by the house coming back at noon eastern for general speeches with legislative business at 2:00. part of the agenda includes a bill that would extend the national flood insurance program until september. senator chris coons talks about u.s.-china relations and policy toward asia. after a recent visit to the region. that's at 8:30 a.m. eastern. then the senate returns to consider judicial nominations. on c-span3, a set of finance hearing on the challenges facing retirees. that gets under way at 10:00 a.m. eastern. formern the day, senators testify at a senate budget hearing about government spending habits and efforts to balance the federal budget. >> the c-span bus recently traveled to idaho and wyoming asking folks -- what does it mean to be american? >> i think to be an ameri

and we'll talk with karen mills about her new book about technology's impact on small businesses. watch "washington journal" live at k a.m. eastern. join the discussion. >> also tomorrow, delaware senator chris coons discusses u.s. relations with china. he recently traveled to east asia and he'll talk about that tomorrow at the down soinl foreign relations live at 8:30 eastern on c-span2. also tomorrow, the senate judiciary committee holds

karen mitchell who got into the car. and bob durst's eyes are not blue. and, said chief millsome forward until months after the incident. >> what we don't wanna do is just take something that's, you know, sensational and plug that person into the midst of an investigation that may or may not have anything to do with him. >> reporter: but the investigation continues. and some, like birkbeck, believe there may be more. >> i've never said definitively that he was a serial killer. what i said was that there's so much out there about him that clearly there's something going on here. and that law enforcement needs to look into it and thankfully they are doing it now. >> reporter: waste of time, said dick deguerin. >> well, there's no evidence. and to think, you know, the -- the -- they have to have a theory that he's some kinda serial killer. he's not a serial killer. >> but the notion of robert durst as a serial killer has come up. you know, a guy who -- >> well, sells. it sells magazines. it sells books and causes people to turn on their tvs. well, there's no evidence. he's not a

host: karen mills >> u.s. house will be coming back in five minutes. attorney general william barr appointed a prosecutor to examine the origins of the russian investigation. more about that story. >> from what i understand, he has been tasked with looking into the origins of the so-called russian probe and decide whether it was properly executed. host: why was he chosen by the attorney general? >> he has been involved peripherally in russian matters for some months. goodnk he has a pretty reputation. been doing these things, prosecutorial going all the way back to the clinton -- clinton administration. his diligent and works hard and keeps his mouth shut. i respect the way he works. >> as far as some locations he has what is the highlight -- >> janet asked him to go to boston probably in the late 1990's. information first starting to become public, certain members of the fbi office in boston, had an unholy relationship with organized crime leaders, -- and his partners. him and try toth find out to find out how serious they were. he was very effective.