mr. chabot from ohio? mr. cicilline from ohio. >> thank you, mr. chairman. administrator mills, it's good to have you. i want to begin my comments about the sba with recognizing the great director in rhode island, they're doing excellent work, and i want you to be aware of that. as you know, the sba has $3 billion in authorized leverage angeles to the sbic program, and each year anywhere between one and $2 billion in leverage remains untapped. i understand the impact investment fund our intended to leverage a portion of that existing and yet untapped authority with the hope of really propelling it into the hands of starts and often there is for capital they need to be successful. and i know there's some stories that indicate the unmet need for early stage capital, equity finance for small businesses somewhere in the neighborhood $16 billion annually. this is an important issue in my state, and having all of us are trying to encourage new startups and those typically are small businesses. and so there's a particular, you know, just use an example. a constitue

mr. chabot: mr. speaker, in addition i also ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 11:00 a.m. on tuesday, october 18, 2011, and when the house adjourns on that day it adjourn to meet at 10:00 a.m. on friday, october 21, 2011. and when the house adjourns on that day it adjourn to meet at 2:00 p.m. on monday, october 24, 2011. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. chabot: thank you. mr. speaker, i would finally ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. all members please take their conversations off the house floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? mr. chabot: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. chabot: thank you. mr. speaker, on october 5, civil rights legend, fred shuttlesworth, passed away while residing in birmingham, alabama.

mr. chabot. >> hillary rodham clinton has served as the 62nd secretary of state since january 21, 2009, the latest chapter in a four decade career of public service. she has served previously as a united states senator from the state of new york, first lady of the united states and the state of arkansas, and as an attorney and law professor. madam secretary, your full statement will be made part of the record. if you could be so kind to summarize your remarks, we can move directly to the question and answer portion and hope we can get as many members as possible before you have to depart. the floor is yours. >> thank you very much, madam chairmawoman. i appreciate this opportunity to appear before you. >> i want to start by recognizing the concerns that many of you have about afghanistan and pakistan policy. you and the american people are right to ask questions, but i think it is also important, as the chairwoman alluded to in her opening statement, to recognize the significant results that our policy has already produced. osama bin laden and many of his top the tenants are dead. the threa

mr. davis. look forward to your testimony. >> thank you, congressmen and the rest of you for giving me the chance to talk today. i'm proud to represent a small business investor the alliance as congressman chabotointed out that is for those of you that don't recognize the name. my name is roger davis and the co-founder and managing partner of north creek. we are a $70 million fund located in cincinnati and to put it in perspective that puts us of the smaller end of the range for the farms and frankly we think that's a good thing. we can focus on smaller companies. my partner barry pederson and i are lifelong bankers of small businesses and when providence was sold in 2004 we set off to create a fund dedicated to lending and investing in small businesses really continuing what we love to do at the bank. the credit crunch and 08 and a no nine really served as a catalyst for the creation of our fund. our research quickly lead us to the fdic program for many reasons. we were comfortable with the regulatory oversight and licensing process. the program is targeted exclusively toward small business where we felt there was really the greatest need and to amplify our private capital through the use of