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I grew up in a family business... that really has provided the core of my belief in American small business, and in America's ability to grow and operate important businesses that can compete and be successful.

From Karen Mills

In October 2008, when the credit crunch hit, small businesses were really crushed by the lack of capital.

From Karen Mills

I haven't checked this out yet, but one of our guys told me we have a counselor within 45 minutes to an hour of most small businesses in this country. That's really powerful. I call it our bone structure.

From Karen Mills

Small businesses want things streamlined, and one of the great successes we're having is less paperwork, faster turnaround times.

From Karen Mills

We are very much engaged across the government, very much engaged in streamlining and simplifying our activities with borrowers and lenders, because that saves time and saves costs and we believe we can do that while maintaining the same or increased levels of oversight and risk management.

From Karen Mills

As I've traveled around the country, it has surprised me how many times I've heard people in small businesses use that word 'saved.' I believe many small businesses would not have had access to credit and would not have survived without the $50 billion that we were able to put into the market.

From Karen Mills

We really accomplished what we set out to do with the Recovery Act programs, which was to fill the lending gap created by the crisis.

From Karen Mills

We spend a great deal of our energy making sure that small businesses have help in navigating to the outcomes that they want.

From Karen Mills

The morale when I came in was not the best. It was because the agency had not been valued.

From Karen Mills

We see entrepreneurship and small businesses and supply chains as a critical part of the economic growth and competitiveness agenda.

From Karen Mills

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