help no, money, no hope. nobody advocating for them, nothing on the table. all of these people have one thing in common. they would like a job and a chance. small business is the engine that drives this country. we've heard that a lot, haven't we? according to u.s. small business administration, american small businesses employ just over half of all private sector employees. and have generateded 64% of net new jobs over the past 15 years. president obama knows small business is the key to turning this whole economy around. he came to a tasty sub shop in edison, new jersey, today to deliver this message. >> surely democrats and republicans ought to be able to agree on this bill. and when i had a conversation with mitch mcconnell and john boehner yesterday, i told them that the provision of this bill are things that the republican party has said it supported for years, helping small businesses,