hit before his application got to the sba. this is causing a very difficult time for him and he is only an example of one of the many. we have a young couple who finally secured a lease and a sought after location in the city of philadelphia to open their french restaurant. their legal permanent residents but we cannot get their sba loan approved without verifying their immigration status which we are unable to do because the government is shutdown. through this difficult time, we would like to applaud sba's outstanding commitment to ensure access to capital and meet demand from lenders and small businesses that need access to capital to start or grow their companies. to meet the demand, the sba approves 740 million in gross approvals just last week. the ability -- the inability of lawmakers to successfully avoid a federal government shut down is distressing as a lender who relies on the sba's government guaranteed offering to be able to meet the needs of my small business customers. in the coming days and weeks, i urge them to

we are seeing continual need for the sba loan program. just because of the shutdown doesn't mean people were not coming in after the numbers i gave you, were in the process and stalled. there are a number of folks looking at business acquisition opportunities, permanent working capital and equipment that are stalled as well. what do i see? i see perhaps some of those still coming through, but others not. day in and day out, it's permanent working capital and weeks on end go by, opportunity goes by as well. .. you lose credibility if you can't deliver. that is a big problem. also, we embark on a micro loan program. we hired a specialist to take this son and literally was about to lunch. it is really $10,000 to $100,000 loan for the micro small-businesses and everyone around this table those at some point you were there and we have very abbreviated process. we were about to launch it but relieve this week and we have stalled that because it is based on the use of the 7 a loan program. that is real. that is of real issue and that is problemat

senator landrieu talked about the sba lending impact from the shut down. well, in new hampshire, sba loans last year helped 630 small businesses get access to over $130 million in loans. so this is having a real impact. it's having an across the board for businesses for the families. it's bad for the economy, and it's bad for the country. and it doesn't need to be this way. what we need is for the house to come to the table to be willing to put the bill on the floor that would fund the government, and to get a clean vote if the votes are there to pass it. it is time now to bring the bill up has to, to get this government open again. i'm very pleased to be joined this morning by a new never of the senate he was a great advocate for small businesses, which she has a lot of inner home state of north dakota heidi heitkamp. >> thank you so much. during the time that i was an elected official in north dakota i served on something called the international commission and we ran the bank of north dakota. and what we did at the bank of north dakota was we participate

>> yes, i reported we were working with the sba, small business development center which is a non-profit organization. we put up the money smart for small businesses. we expected 20-30 people. out of our surprise we had almost 100 people attend. we had to turn people away because we were at capacity. no more chairs. anyway. i stayed through the whole workshop. it was really good. they covered organization times and financial management, recordkeeping and credit reporting. this is insurance and planning. we had several outstanding speakers. i also reviewed some of the evaluations and i say 99 percent were very positive. i think this is the first chinese seminar for a long time in san francisco. we had a lot of request to do more. >> thank you very much and thank you for sphere heading that. any other commissioner comments? seeing none. >> item 12. >> any members of the public who would like to make any comments on future business. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> item 13. new business? >> any new business for this commission for future meet

get funded and reopened like national monuments, but things that don't get a lot of attention like the sbaoans, not being funded. and you know, we don't get to select which programs we implement or not. there is a lot of things that republicans said we have to do, and i don't get a chance to say you know what, this idea that this republican congressman came up with i really don't like, so let's not implement that. once you have a budget, and a government with a set of functions, you make sure that it's all operating. we don't get to pick and choose based on which party likes what. so that's where the budget discussions take place. now there are some things that the republicans don't like. they should argue for eliminating those programs in the budget, come with an agreement with the democrats. maybe the democrats will agree and those things will not be funded. but you don't to a piecemeal approach like that when you're dealing with a government shut down. >> how about death gratuity -- >> i'm going to take one more question. >> your hand persistence has worked. >> you talked about the poli

heard testimony from small business owners who told them the shutdown, including the shuttering of the sba, will have a long-term impact. >> as a small business owner, i am deeply impacted by the events that have unfolded over the last two weeks that have forced our employees and their families to cope with the realities of this government shutdown. they now know what it means to have their jobs and financial security placed in jeopardy by events that are wholly outside of their control as a result of a shutdown, enlighten has made difficult choices in the way we manage our permanent capital. government layoffs have become commonplace, forcing us to say good-bye to some of our best and brightest employees. >> many small businesses were particularly hard hit. harry alford, thanks so much for joining us today. >> thank you, jj, i'm glad to be here. >> you know, federal employees will get paid now, but i don't think people truly understand the impact this shutdown had on small businesses across the country. i mean, the person who sells bagels at federal buildings who had no revenue coming in

the committee chaired by marry lan droe heard things that the shutdown including the shuttering of the sbal have a long-term impact. >> as a small business owner, i am deeply impacted by the events that unfolded over the last two weeks that forced our employees and families to cope with the realities of this government shutdown. they know what it means to have their jobs placed in jeopardy by events that wholly outside of their control. as a result of the shutdown we've made difficult choices in the way we manage our human capital. permanent layoffs, due to government shutdowns are commonplace, forcing us to say goodbye to some of our best and brightest employees. >> many black-owned small businesses like mr. ford's were particularly hard hit. harry alford is the ceo of the national black chamber of commerce. thanks so much for joining us today. >>> thank you, jj, i'm glad to be here. >> federal employees will get paid now but i don't think people truly understand the impact this shutdown had on small businesses across the country. i mean, the person who sells bagels at federal buildings w

senator landrieu talked about the sba lending impact from the shutdown. shire, sba loans lester helped 630 small businesses get access to over $130 million in loans. so this is having a real impact across the board or our businesses, for their families. it's bad for the economy, and it's bad for the country. it doesn't need to be this way. what we need is for the house to come to the table and be willing to put the bill on the floor that would run the government and to get a clean vote. the votes are there to pass it. it is time now to bring the bill up and pass it, to get this government open again. i'm very pleased to be joined a new member of the senate who is a great advocate for small businesses. herhas a lot of them in home state of north dakota. >> thank you so much. during the time that i was an i served oncial something called the industrial commission. we ran the bank of north dakota. what we did at the bank of north dakota is we participated on a regular basis with the small business administration to provide economic opportunity to it pays offs

the sba gives a billion dollars of loans a month to small businesses. a billion dollars a month goes to small businesses all across the country. right now there's nobody there to process it. veterans who deserve our support are getting less help. little kids who deserve a head start having sent home from the safe places where they learn and grow every single day. it makes no sense. the american people elected their representatives to make their lives easier, not harder. there's one way out of this reckless and damaging shutdown. congress has to pass a budget that funds our government with no partisan strings attached. now, i want everybody to understand what's happened, because sometimes when this gets reported on, everybody kind of thinks, well, you know, both sides are just squabbling. democrats and republicans are always arguing, so neither side's behaving properly. i want everyone to understand what's happened here. the republicans passed a temporary budget for two months at a funding level that we as democrats think is way too low because we're not

the sba fronl the end. a little bit of a debate.in the face of economic hardship, many small businesses run by republican, even some government contractors, still standing shoulder to shoulder with republicans in congress on the shutdown. one of those people is jeff ever sent who owns and runs and-gun relic shop near the northern part of georgia. much of his business depends upon tourists to visit the battlefield which is closed, so his business is down. he has sympathy for people who are, like him, being hurt by the shutdown, including federal workers. he firmly believes republicans in congress should not back down. >> really, we have to realign the government in my opinion. we have to shrink it down. we have to have effective solutions and answers and a government that is going to solve problems for our country. >> and other republican we talked to losses job in the shutdown. a defense contractor who has been furloughed. unlike civilian employees he is not eligible for back pay and will likely be one of the last hired back when th

least we can feel confident that small businesses are still getting their loans processed through the sba. but the small business administration provides $1 billion worth of loans every single month. right now that process is frozen. and that means there are small businesses all across this country right now who are being impacted unnecessarily simply because we've got a group of folks who think that they can hold america hostage for ransom that they can't win through an election. >> you told me as you were about to take office in 2009 that you were going to try to stay focused on the big picture. not watch the stock ticker at the bottom of our screen. are you going to watch that ticker over the next couple of weeks to see what the market impacts are as we get closer and closer to october 17th? >> i tend not to make judgments on the basis of the stock market. obviously since i came into office the stock market has done very well. the biggest concern that i have day to day, though, is how's this impacting middle class families? are we creating a system in which ordinary people, who are wor

have been excluded in very large measure from getting any kind of fema help, they can get it from the sbahers, it's far less. saint rose in belmar, the building itself is a community action oriented building where they help the poor and homeless, all kinds of great work. they have been told you're not going to get it. the upper floors not affected by sandy are used by other things. that's a discriminatory policy. >> this past the hour, blocked in the senate. >> nonprofit disaster assistance passed 354-72, absolutely bipartisan, liberal, mod ral, conservative, everybody joining in and saying it's discriminatory. >> does not violate church and state. >> sba would be equally violative of separation of church and state. you know, when you have a hurricane or natural disaster or home mid one like oklahoma city. in oklahoma city churches were repaired. damage is damage. when something happens there's a neutral basis applied and that's the key phrase. if you've been hurt by the storm, you should be on equal access, you should be helped. fema has denied that. >> congressman, what about people inl

now with the sba that has been on furlough for this length of time, loans have not been approved. we have a bottle neck of the approval of loans that will go to small business owners, like a franchisee for bennigan's that will provide jobs. and participate and contribute to the economic recovery. and yet we can't get that first step taken. even when there's debate on wage increases for the minimum wage, it's not so much the wage discussion, it's the anti-business policies holding us back. our corporate tax rate is still the highest in the world. there has to be some specific actions taken in order to alleviate the concern and that 400-pound gorilla that's still in the room, even though we have a little bit of a reprieve. we are still going into that. and then pretty money. to get out of it. that's a recipe for disaster. >> gentlemen, thank you very much. great conversation. we'll continue to have it, we know. we do have new information we want to pass on to you from the federal reserve. chicago fed president charles evans saying while tapering was a close call in september, it will

that we are incurring on a day-to-day basis that we can't turn on revenue under normal circumstances the sba approves about 250 loans a day, totaling more than $90 million. without his loan, davis can't sign contractors to build the restaurant or recruit staff to run it. >> we would like to hire an executive chef and a general manager to help us with this project but we have to keep that on hold until we know where we stand financially. >> reporter: so this is costing jobs for other people? >> it is. it is. you know, i have a business partner. we have disagreements. but there is no disagreement that would be so serious that we would close the doors of our business to try and figure it out. that would be the death of our business. it just makes no sense to me. >> reporter: as laid back as life can be here on the beach in santa cruz, zac davis is in no mood to relax. john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >>> a statement on the restaurant's website says the owners got permission from the national park service to officially reopen. cliff house is privately owned but it sits on federal land s

highly visible get funded and reopen ed like national monuments but things that don't get funded like the sba loans not get funded. and we don't get to select which programs we implement or not. you know, there are a whole bunch of things that the republicans said are law that we have to do and i don't get a chance go back and say, you know what? this cockamamy idea that this republican congressman came up with i really don't like, so let's not -- let's not implement that. once you have a budget and a government with a set of functions, you make sure that it's all operating. we don't get to pick and choose based on which party likes what. so, you know, that's where the budget discusses take place. now, if there's some things that the republicans don't like, they should argue for eliminating the bunt, maybe the democrats won't agree and they won't be funded but you don't deal with that by issuing a government shutdown. i'm going to take one more question. right here. >> mr. president -- >> your hand persistence has worked. >> mr. president, you talked about the political dynamics that leave th

the sba gives $1 billion of loans a month to small businesses. $1 billion a month goes to small businessescross the country. right now those can't be processed because there's nobody well to process them. veterans who deserve our support are getting less help. little kids who deserve a head start have been sent home from the safe places where they learn and grow every single day. and of course, their families then have to scramble to figure out what to do. and the longer this goes on, the worse it will be. and it it makes no sense. the american people elected their representatives to make their lives easier, not harder and there's one way out of this reckless and damaging republican shutdown. congress has to pass a budget that funds our government with no partisan strings attached. now i want everybody to understand what's happened because sometimes when this gets reported on everybody kind of thinks, well, you know, both sides are squabbling and democrats and republicans are always arguing so neither side is behaving properly. i want everyone to understand what's happening here. the repub

get funded and reopened like national monuments, but things that don't get a lot of attention, like the sba loans, not being funded. you know, we don't get to select which programs we implement or not. there are a whole bunch of things the republicans have said are law that we have to do and i don't get a chance to go back and say, you now what, this coke cockamamy idea that congress came up with, i don't like so let's not implement that. once you have a budget and government with a set of functions, we make sure that it's all operating. we don't get to pick and choose based on which party likes what. that's where the budget discussions take place. they should argue for eliminating those programs in the budget and come to an agreement with the democrats, maybe the democrats will agree and those things won't be funded but you don't do a piecemeal approach when you're dealing with the government shutdown. i'm going to take one more question. and right here. >> mr. president -- >> persistence has worked. >> mr. president, you talked about the political dynamics that leave house republicans fee

due to the shutdown, as you know now in its 15th day, the sba cannot approve new guarantees of loans businesses. in a typical month, the small business administration approves loans to more than 4,000 small businesses. and halting these loans represents over $1 billion in lost loan assistance to small businesses there be jeopardizing thousands of jobs. and you know, again, another consequence of the wholly unnecessary completely manufactured crisis that is doing harm to our economy, harm to our small businesses and was brought about by you know, one faction of one party in one house in one branch of government making ideological demands and there be shutting down the government. with that i take your questions. julie. >> thanks, jay. in order to get a sense of the state of play at this point, is it the white house's understanding that there is a deal in the senate that's been finalized between harry reid and mitch mcconnell that would lift the debt ceiling? >> the president is pleased with the progress that we've seen in the senate. it is important to note that the process that's been

reduced hours or stop hiring or furlough people because they can't get the paperwork moving forward at the sba absolutely right. we are doing this to ourselves. for example, everybody knows and business people know they have to manage the revenues, they have to manage their expenses and here we are as a country, when president clinton left office, 55% i think of our debt was 55% of gdp. president bush leaves office, it's about 68%. right now it's about 100%. it doesn't matter whether it's republicans or democrats, we are not partisans but the fact of the matter is, that we've got to do something and just stopping the government from functioning, stopping the country from functioning is hurting our revenues and that is not good for america at all. >> simon, jump in here. >> why can't we -- >> i mean, i get it, jay. you know, obama care is going nowhere it would appear because the president has his veto and seems to be quite clear on that. is there anything else that we can do apart from them obviously reopening the government and getting back to work that would actually push your entrepreneurs

the sba with no loan, shut down. projects to improve our transportation, shut down. deral economic reports and businesses shut down. workers in region 6 offices in the state of texas shut down. they will not be able to go to work tomorrow. i only hope that we'll have a moment of reconciliation and common sense to speak on behalf of the american people. please note that texas recognizes that the american people are important. i don't want a government shutdown. -- >> the gentle lady's time is ex-pierd. >> now. >> the gentle lady's time has expired. gentle lady's time is ex-pierd. >> i yield back. >> the gentle lady's time was expired. >> it was a long night. it brings back memories. similar gridlock on capitol hill brought the government to a stand still 17 years ago. christine romans report. >> reporter: the government is shut down for the first time in nearly 18 years. last time was 1995, well before obama care and the tea party. president clinton then vetoed a spending bill from the republican-controlled house, a spending bill that would have cut benefits and hundre

some key players are refusing char k members of the sba government. >> and high winds forecasted for wednesday. >> facebook allows users to post and comment on extremely violent video clips, critics say the images could cause psychological damage. and the latest economic figures coming out of the u.s. >> yes, indeed george. better late than never. 18 days later than planned we will be getting an all-important look at the u.s. economy. a closer look at what to xpect. >> hello and welcome. it's 10:00 p.m. in new south wales, 2:00 in the afternoon in athens and midday here in london where arab and western foreign ministers are meeting with syrian officials. britain secretary hague is representing the groups. but as our correspondent explains, key members of the opposition are planning to boycott the gathering, threatening any chance of success. >> every day brings more bloodshed inside syria. this reported to be the aftermath of a suicide bombing at a government check point in the city of ha ma. there may be a stalemate but regime and military forces have not given up the fight. 115,000

inexpensive because of some new rules about waiving guarantee fees, and we're not going to be able to use the sbaink, because time is reallying of the essence. >> reporter: now, 2 1/2 north near acaacadia national park. maine's housing recovery is hindered by some buyers to get the rural development loans they need. here's agent john hatcher. >> it has all the major mechanical electrical plumbing systems you would need in an energy-efficient home. and the idea is that this one day could be mass manufactured, shipped anywhere around the country and any homeowner could integrate it into a custom home they built themselves. >> reporter: okay, that wasn't there hatcher, of course, but again his business, he says 5% to 7% of potential buyers are being impacted because they can't get those rural development loans. the governor declaring a civil state of emergency. what this means is we are likely to see more federal workers in the state laid off temporarily. sue, back to you. >> mary, thank you very much. i think that sound bite was actually from a package that diana olick put together for us. but now

due to the shutdown, as you know now, in its 15th day, the sba cannot approve new loans. all business administration approves loans to more than 4000 small businesses. halting these represents over $1 billion in lost loan assistance to small businesses. thereby jeopardizing thousands of jobs. again, another consequence of the wholly unnecessary, completely manufactured crisis that is doing harm to our economy. harm to our small businesses and was brought about by, you know, one faction of one party by one house making ideological demands and thereby shutting down the government. with that, i take your questions. [inaudible question] >> the president is pleased with the progress we have seen in the senate. it is important to note that the process that has been undertaken in the senate is bipartisan. democrats and republicans have been engaging on this issue. it is all built around the fundamental premise that we should not have shut down the government. we should reopen the government. we have to make sure that the united states pays its bills on time like we always have. w

this law from an economist's perspective, and interestingly, often there are representatives from the sba or various government entities, and most of the audience are obviously small business owners struggling to figure it out. they have very -- pointed questions about what it means for their business. i would say at least more than half the time the people from the government that are there representing it don't have the answers. and that says to the business owners, what? the folks implementing this don't know. how am i supposed to possibly figure it out. then it goes to the issue of how many employees -- how much time and energy goes in to trying to figure this out when, you know, i talk about my testimony we would hopefully want the time and energy and resources going something productive in term of expanding the business and creating jobs. >> right. and i think that goes back to the human resource cost response you're here not only representing yourself but also other franchised owners or is that -- so the question is -- i know a lot of franchisees have lots of part time workers. by

relevant i do have to say that people say that democrats relished the shutdown actually we are disgusted that our small businesses cannot get sba loans of that is pretty disgusting that they cannot grow jobs and the economy. that veterans may not get benefits because we're holding our breath in congress is disgusting and the fact that the day after i visited in wisconsin that there is not the funds that is disgusting and so many federal employees are for loading and not working i don't relish that i am disgusted by it and the fact that this country cost $160 million per day while we are closed down is not something that democrats relished and i want to clear the record set of think a single person would relish. >> will the gentleman yield? >> thank you. just to clarify, my comments about that relishing goes to the leadership of the senate and the white house that are clear they will not negotiate. we have worked together with all the things you mentioned we passed them in a bipartisan fashion to the said that it is time for us to stand together to ask the senate and the president to show leadership to negotiate to a solution --

yet find it and reopen like national monuments, but things that don't get a lot of attention like the sba loans not being funded. and we don't get to the select which programs we implement our not. i don't get a chance to go back and say, you know what, this cut command me an idea that the republican congressman came up with i don't like, so let's not implement that. once you have a budget and government you make sure that it is all operating. we don't get to pick and choose based on which party likes what. so that is where the budget discussions take place. if there are things that republicans don't like they can argue and come to an agreement. [inaudible question] >> i'm going to take one more question. persistence has worked. >> you talk about the political dynamic working back is there anything that you wish you could have done differently and after this what you call, what do you expect the political dynamics will change moving forward? >> i entered into good-faith negotiations. he addressed the speakership. i thought it was my allegation at that point at least nobody had any belief

shutdown, as you know, now in its 15th day, the sba cannot approve new guarantees of loans provided by banks to small businesses. in a typical month, the small business administration approves loans to more than 4000 small businesses. halting these loans represents over $1 billion in lost loan assistance to small businesses, thereby jeopardizing thousands of jobs. again, another consequence of a wholly unnecessary, completely manufactured crisis that is doing harm to our economy, harm to our small businesses, and was brought about by one faction of one party in one house in one branch of government making ideological demands and thereby shutting down the government. with that, i will take your questions. >> i just want to get a sense of the state of play. is it the white house is understanding that there is a deal in the senate that has been finalized between harry reid and mitch mcconnell that would lift the debt ceiling and reopen the government? >> the president is pleased with the progress we have seen in the senate. it is important to note that the process that has been undertaken

the sba gives a billion dollars of lopes a month -- of loans a month to small businesses. goes to small businesses all across the country. right now those can't be processed because there's nobody there to process them. veterans who deserve our support are getting less help. little kids who deserve a head start have been sent home from the safe places where they learn and grow every single day. and, of course, their families then have to scramble to figure out what to do. and the longer this goes on, the worse it will be. and it makes no sense. the american people elected their representatives to make their lives easier, not harder. and there is one way out of this reckless and damaging republican shutdown. congress has to pass a budget that funds our government with no partisan strings attached. [applause] now, i want everybody to understand what's happened, because sometimes when this gets reported on, everybody kind of thinks, well, you know, both sides are just squabbling, democrats and republicans, they're always arguing. so, you know, neither side's behaving properly.

the sba gives $1 billion of loans a month to small businesses. $1 billion a month goes to small businessesthe country. right now, those can't be processed because there's nobody there to process them. veterans who deserve our support are getting less help. little kids who deserve a head start have been sent home from the safe places where they learn and grow every single day, and of course, their families then have to scramble to figure out what to do. and the longer this goes on, the worse it will be. and it makes no sense. the american people elected their representatives to make their lives easier, not harder. and there's one way out of this reckless and damaging republican shutdown. congress has to pass a budget that funds our government with no partisan strings attached. now, i want everybody to understand what's happened, because sometimes when this gets reported on, everybody kind of thinks well, you know, both sides are just squabbling, democrats and republicans are always arguing, so neither side's behaving properly. i want everybody to understand what's happened here. the republi

small businesses, it's very obvious how it's impacting people who have contracts with the government, waiting for sbas we talked about. how is it impacting the average small business owner snoo? >> they're importers or exporters of goods. they need materials for things they're manufacturing or wholesale selling. where are the materials right now? probably stuck in the baltimore dock or in the new york dock bait waiting for inspectors to come back on the job and certify that the materials can make it safely into the united states. >> i want to move to the health care exchanges. you talked about how a lot of your members are interested in this and talked about the confusion. david, i want to get down to logistics. for people out there, small businesses who are interested in this but don't even know where to start, if you could take me through a step by step, here's jj ramberg company, i have 25 employees, i don't provide them insurance right now, but i who like to, i think there's an opportunity out there for me, what do i do? ? >> if you're under 50 employees, it comes back to the individuals and back

credit which is already difficult for them to get, and increasingly difficult to get, because of the sbamr. mcgee, it is good to see you, sir. liam mcgee, chairman and president and ceo of the hartford company. >> and now down to steve liesman who is going to take a closer look at the we do hit the debt ceiling on or about october 17th, and huge issue for the markets right now. >> yes, this is what happens the treasury secretary for the wealthiest nation on earth is going to have to balance his checkbook like any struggling american family. at that point when the debt ceiling equals spending, and it has to equal cash on hand, and revenues. so it is estimate ed thd that t spending will be cut by one out of every $3 appropriated or 32% or $108 billion. how do you figure out how the cut? two choices. prioritize and pay some bills and not others, but the treasury says that the computer payment system is not prepared to prioritize it and no legal basis for making one decision over another, and every appropriated amount is the same. and another is day by day. wait for money in a bank to pay th

right now, because of the shutdown, businesses don't have access to sba loans. e white house says nationwide, that's $93 million a day that is not going to help small businesses. >> there's no word yet on whether this is going to go anywhere, but a bipartisan group of lawmakers provided a plan for john boehner. it funds the government at current levels until march 31st. the bill repeals a medical device tax that republicans hate. this tax is expected to raise $30 billion in revenue to help fund the affordable care act. the revenue lost from the repeal would be offset with an extension of a pension stabilization provision. those passed last year. >> right now at 5:00, more breaking news on the shooting at capitol hill. we are going to the white house with up to the minute details. stay with us. >>> now, at 5:30, chaos on capitol hill. gunshots fired after a chase that started at a white house gate. >> you could hear multiple shots. we knew we were in danger in harm's way. >> lawmakers and staffers placed on lockdown. details emerging about the woman behind the whe

the sba gives a billion dollars of loans a month to small businesses. l businesses all across the country. right now those can't be processed because there's nobody there to process them. veterans who deserve our support are getting less help. little kids who deserve a head start, have been sent home from the safe places where they learn and grow every single day. and, of course, their families then have to scramble to figure out what to do. and the longer this goes on, the worse it will be. and it makes no sense. the american people elected their representatives to make their lives easier, not harder. and there's one way out of this reckless and damaging republican shutdown. congress has to pass a budget that funds our government with no partisan strings attached. [ applause ] now i want everybody to understand what's happened because sometimes when this gets reported on, everybody kind of thinks well, both sides are squabbling, democrats and republicans, they're always arguing. neither side is behaving properly. i want everybody to understand what's ha

the last year, sba approved over 1000 loan applications for small businesses in pennsylvania every day. and these loans have completely stopped. for companies in my district like private contracting companies which connects disabled veterans on businesses, the shutdown has disallowed the purchase of sba bonds make it difficult to hire new employees and jeopardizes the businesses contracted so. of course, we've all heard about the threat to social security, veterans benefits, head start, military pay, and a myriad of other federal programs that people rely on. we have to reverse our course. we have to pass a clean cigar, reopen the government with no strings attached. we have to reach a broader deal to undo the sequester and restore funding to many programs, including the parks service. these goals are not out of reach but i urge the majority to act by passing a clean cigar and a clean debt ceiling bill. the outrage displayed by the majority at this hearing is unreasonable. given that they caused this mess. i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to act together for the good of

. >> i understand the idea of not feeling like there's an advocate but when it's impacting small business. it's obvious how it affects people baiting for sbans but how is it impacting the average business owner? >> they are importers and exporters of goods. where are the materials right now? they are probably stuck in the baltimore dock or the new york dock waiting for inspectors to come back on the job to, you know, certify the materials can make it safely into the united states. >> i want to move into the health care exchange. you talked about how your members are interested in this and the confusion. david, i want to get down to logistics. for people out there, small businesses who are interested in this, but don't know where to start, if you could take me through a step by step, here's j.j. ramberg company, i have 25 employees, i don't provide them insurance right now, but i would like to. i think there's an opportunity out for there me, what do i do? >> if you are under 50 employees, it comes back to the individuals. then it goes back to the exchanges. contacting the exchanges and getting signed up is the step to do right now. >> do i

want to visit the statue of liberty against families that own a small business and need help from the sba. he's put research and cancer against help for our veterans. it is a cynical strategy. and like all of the others that they have sent us and that have failed as these will fail today it has one purpose not to get anything done, but to try to wiggle out of the view. senator cornyn's rhetoric won't work. so then try to come up with these gizmos, these gimmicks, these legislative ploy is to say i am trying to do something. at the same time when he is any vice lock grip of the tea party members of his house you've taken their orders from the junior senator of texas. so there is a simple way to open up the government. i say that to my friend. he is my friend, senator cornyn of texas, and to my other colleagues on the republican side in the house. he's sitting their waiting for a vote that will open up at the nih and the veterans administration and open up the world war ii memorial so the guy with a little sandwich shop right by the statue of liberty gets his business back. this doesn't jus

susannah called me this morning, agentse of the processing small-business loans to tell me that this sba shutdown is jeopardizing four of her small businesses that could in two214 texas jobs and cases, the delay may cost a small business person to lose a purchase contract in earnest money. this latest republican shutdown nonsense discriminates against small businesses and to some of those some -- small businesses, that discrimination may be fatal . what if a worker is killed this afternoon in a construction accident? shattered doors of the occupational health and safety will be there to ensure that another worker does not experience the same fate? of course, the shutdown caucus is happy, gleeful, delighted that they have been able to shut down 94% of the environmental protection administration. their only troubled they did not get the other six percent because they do not believe in protecting with effective safeguards the quality of the air we breathe and the water that we drink. instead of shutting down this whole government, this resolution says let's just have a little dismemberment.

the fact that small businesses cannot get sba loans right now, but $80 million went into my community last year. that's pretty disgusting that they can't, you know, grow jobs and grow the economy. the fact that veterans may not get benefits because we are holding our breath right now. and congress is pretty disgusting to me. the fact that headstart hits, including in wisconsin, where the day after i was there visiting, a bullet went through their window and a pretty tough neighborhood. the fact that they won't have funds is pretty disgusting. the fact that so many federal employees are for load and are working. i do not relish and i'm pretty disgusted by it. the fact that this country is costing $160 million per day while we are in the closed closedown, that is not something the democrats relish and i want to clear the record that i don't think there's a single person here who say that they relish the shutdown. >> i think the gentleman. >> just to clarify it. my comments about the relishing goes to the leadership in the senate as well as the white house. those who were unwilling and m

the left. president obama often talks about in speeches no sba loans or has been way slowed down, to play up thewn and folks who lean right are much more in the hey, it is no big deal camp. it is not really harming the economy yet. the fox news website, doesn't even call it a shutdown, a government slimdown, as if it is some kind of a weight watchers program. jon: this one is different from past shutdowns it is happening in the era of social media. all the politicians are taking to twitter and facebook to stake out positions and announce the latest news. how is that going? >> everybody can be their own broadcaster now. you don't have to hold a press conference to wait for reporters actually show up. republican congressman tim griffin put up a tweet that he regretted later, deleted. this has to do with, not really part of the government shutdown but after the unfortunate incident in which the woman at the capitol yesterday rammed into the barricades and was killed by capitol security officers, tim griffin tweeted, stop the violent rhetoric, president obama, chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. at the

information and because it has to go through various agencies, talking about homeland security, irs, sba, hhs, many of the different departments that you're not having to tap a lot of different sites. it's unlike when you shop at a department store where that department store doesn't have to check with the homeland security department to find out information about you and then go to the irs to find out more information about you. in because so many people were doing in cory, it didn't really bottleneck the process but what they're trying to do because they expect they will continue to get quite a bit of traffic is expand the capacity. and also because so many people were just looking at first they expect the blog will reduce some so that we those who are serious about moving forward will be able to access the information far quicker. they have also beefed up their phone service, and people forget you can do this in person as well. they are trying to sure they extend in all the different realms. it made clear. when you are talking about tens of millions of people, they will have to really turn to the best

the money promised? i was toll by fema they're not a going to help me. build a back is not going to help me but i can take an sba loan, they'll take a lean on my house for 14 years. god forbid i get hit with another storm. they get the insurance money first. so where is middle class america getting help? this storm did not pick its victims. but the politicians should not be picking us. and the only politician that has really helped is brimson fighting day and night -- >> congressman -- >> yes, congressman grimms. the president ran on the tick to help middle class. he is not helping the middle class. the middle class is stuck, and i just don't know what he is going to do. got three more years left of him and i wish he was gone tomorrow and out of office because he has lied. too many promises. >> we're showing your home, which is still discheffed and not even remotely near abilitiable. i'm curious in your case, diane narks where are you living now and what's your story? >> well, it was not just me. it was business that we opened that got 100% affected ask and we lost everything and my before's home is still off it