i want to thank you as well as ranking member velazquez. five minutes apart for me to say hello, but i'm going to do my best. i'm at dairy queen franchisee is a member the international board of directors. i want to talk about the important role in the economy franchising hauled as ms. velazquez mentioned, small-business startups are an important part of our economy and franchising meets that need, but with a little bit of a lifetime for the first row in the business because they do have a system of training that allows them and to start a business without being totally themselves. the world grew at a faster pace than the non-franchising with up to 2008 he had financial meltdown. since then, recovery has been very slow. markets have been frozen, very difficult to obtain financing. we greatly appreciate the work you guys get on the small-business jobs that have sp provisions have been a lifeline for franchising, send it would really do appreciate. but currently other than sba, there's very little lending out there for the entrepreneurs in th

where it is today artie's people are velazquez his guests whether the international presence in libya and other african countries means a better life for the continent. or the bank have gotten better in the past ten years you've seen inflation has come down average incomes have gone up the world bank did recently they're talking about a rise in the number of people who are earning between two and four dollars a day as for the world bank and their apologists who talk about you know the middle classes beginning with two dollars a day a pound a day he'd have you tried living in nairobi and he these guys are if you think this is the middle class is there must be really be on some other planet i'm afraid. the nuclear security forum in vienna is due to kick off the japanese atomic crisis expected to dominate talks a full report on the situation in the disaster hit country will be presented in japan expected to be criticised for underestimating risks facing the fukushima plant and for a slow government response to the events. thomas visited the city just outside the no go zone radiation leve

. >> i want to thank you and ranking member velazquez. it is hard to say hello in five minutes but i will do my best. i've made dairy queen franchisee in texas and a member of the international franchise board of directors. i want to talk about a roller u.s. economy franchising holds. as ms. velasquez mentioned, small-business start-ups are important part of the economy and franchising meet that need with a little bit of a lifeline for the first role in business because they have a system of training and it allows someone to start a business without being in business themselves. the franchising world grew at a faster pace through 2008 when we had a financial meltdown. since then recovery has been slow. markets have been frozen. difficult to obtain any financing. we greatly appreciate the work you did on a small business jobs act. the provisions have been a lifeline and we appreciate but currently there is very little lending for the entrepreneurs in the franchising world. to survive, the community has cutback to live with what we had. we

the newspaper quotes fellow new york democrat velazquez, how can you explain that somebody can be so smart but so stupid? kate bolduan is on the hill. on top of that, some democrats are trying to get rid of campaign contributions that they got from wiener. >> reporter: you can call it a. >> sign of the widening political fallout. at least two democrats why up for re-election who are in competitive re-election battles in two districts. they have already come out to say that they are unloading cash and actually giving to local charities dhash was donated to their re-election campaigns from congressman wiener. the first person to announce was betty sutton, announcing that she was donating $1,000 that wiener had donated to her re-election campaign to two local charities, a local veterans group and a homeless shelter. minnesota democrat, tim walz, is unloading the $3,000 cash donated to him. he is donating it to a local veterans group as well. what's additionally interesting is that not that so shortly after this scandal has broken, these democrats are unloading this cash. you need all th

i want to thank you as well as ranking member -- nydia velazquez.nutes is hard for me to say hello but i will do my best. i'm a member of the international franchise direct -- association. a lot of talk about important role in the u.s. economy that franchising holds. ranking member velazquez mention that start-ups are important for our economy. franchising means that name but with a lifeline for the first role in the business. they too have a system of training that allows someone to start up without being in business totally by themselves. the franchising world group had a faster pace up until 2008 when we had the financial meltdown. since then, recovery has been very slow. it is been very difficult to obtain any sort of financing. we greatly appreciate the work you did on the small business job act. it is something that we really appreciate. but currently, the net -- other than sba, there is very little lending for the entrepreneurs in franchising world. to survive, the franchising community has cut back. we have lived with what we had. we did not

nearly 4 million citizens cannot vote in a presidential election, people like army veteran angelo velazquezve a nice -- as a state. i think so. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview, governor luis fortuno, made his feelings for statehood crystal clear. >> decisions are made in washington and we are not sitting at the table. if we are citizens, and we are that, why not participate in the decisionmaking process? >> reporter: mr. obama's visit, meantime, comes two months after a report issued by the president's task force on puerto rico's status. in it, the task force suggests island residents should decide their future by deciding on statehood, commonwealth or independence. >> my choice, state. >> why? >> why? i see 50 states and i see how many people are leaving puerto rico to go live in the states. >> i don't want to be member of the statehood. and i don't want independence. i think we can make a big puerto rico and a good puerto rico, with the commonwealth. >> reporter: it is a divisive issue. and for sure, there will be protests later today. particularly from those seeking independence,

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thank you, ranking member velazquez. and i like to thank our panel for their testimony today.d when all of our nation's small businesses are active participants in a robust recovery that adds jobs, will our nation fully recovery from the recent economic downturn. i also understand that allowing the regulatory environment to return to one that allowed for the financial collapse in the first place is irresponsible at best. today's testimony, especially that of mr. jacobe and mr. kottler, illustrate the difficult task facing our nation with a lack of consumer spending highlighted as a top concern of small businesses. small business owners with regards to hiring. this fact is getting us back to the anemic consumer spending. the fact that private lenders are not lending even to those who would otherwise be deemed creditworthy has led to the issue that ms. ozer pointed out regarding this seven day progra approaching a season later this year. sow my question is this. given that there is a need and also recognizing that return to lax repertory environment that cause our current pro