{"id":42928,"date":"2009-11-16T12:20:03","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T17:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"6462 at http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov"},"modified":"2009-11-16T12:20:03","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T17:20:03","slug":"watch-discuss-engage-at-315-sba-administrator-mills-on-small-business-the-economy-and-lending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/42928","title":{"rendered":"Watch, Discuss, Engage at 3:15: SBA Administrator Mills on Small Business, the Economy, and Lending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In advance of Wednesday&#8217;s forum on lending to small business and economic recovery, the White House is happy to welcome SBA Administration Karen Mills today for a live video chat.&nbsp;Tune in at 3:15 EST today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/live\">Watch here through WhiteHouse.gov\/live<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/apps.facebook.com\/whitehouselive\/\">Watch, discuss and engage through Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Administrator Mills explained a little more in-depth in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sba.gov\/smallbusinessforum\/index.htm\">a note<\/a> last week:<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\"><b>A Message from the SBA Administrator on Helping Small Businesses:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">A few weeks ago, President Obama asked the U.S. Small Business Administration and Department of Treasury to convene a forum to discuss how we can best get credit flowing to small businesses to help them make it through this recessions, and put them in a position to grow and create jobs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">We&rsquo;re hosting the forum next week, and I want to make sure that everyone with a stake in our recovery has their voice heard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Which is why I&rsquo;ll be taking your questions live in advance of the event this Monday, November 16th, at 3:15pm EST in a live video discussion through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/live\">WhiteHouse.gov\/live<\/a> or through the <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.facebook.com\/whitehouselive\/\">White House&#8217;s live-chat application on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">And whether you can make the chat or not, I&#8217;d like to invite you to submit a question ahead of time by <a href=\"mailto:smallbusinessforum@sba.gov\">emailing us in advance<\/a>.&nbsp; We&rsquo;ll post the full video of the chat afterwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">I&rsquo;ll be able to share the concerns of small business owners I hear in the chat with the President and Secretary Geithner, at the Small Business Financing Forum and in our conversations and meetings afterwards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">The President called for this forum because he knows that small businesses are the backbone of our economy, and that they&rsquo;re driving our recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">We want to open the doors and bring everyone who&#8217;s involved in this historic effort to the table &#8212; from Administration officials and Congressional leaders to lenders and small business owners like yourself &ndash; so we&rsquo;ll also be streaming the conference at live <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\">WhiteHouse.gov\/blog<\/a>, Wednesday, November 18th, starting at 9am EST.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Warm Regards,<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Karen Mills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In advance of Wednesday&#8217;s forum on lending to small business and economic recovery, the White House is happy to welcome SBA Administration Karen Mills today for a live video chat.&nbsp;Tune in at 3:15 EST today. 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