my name is yvonne lee. i wanted to thank commissioner riley for offering me this opportunity to share with you what is the office of advocacy who we are and what we do. we were established in 1976 by congress to represent the interests of small business. we have 10 appointed regional advocates. i am responsible for region nine. besides we as a regional advocate serve as the eyes and the ears of the small business and represent their voice in washington. in our washington headquarters we have a team of attorneys. their job is to monitor and work on regulations. and work with agency regulators on regulatory concerns. we also have a team of researchers. they regularly produce data and research and report to inform the public of the contribution and the status of small business. one of the reports is a yearly report to the president. this is the 2010 report on the small business economy. we also produce an annual state small business profile. i am sure that many reviewed this. this has all of the 50 states. in