[inaudible conversations] the Small Business committee will come to order. Before i give my Opening Statement in regard to today subject, i do want to express all of our concerns about the devastation thats taking place in kentucky. The flooding has been just horrible to see. We know these Natural Disasters are very, very hard on a community, and our prayers are with those that been victimized by the flooding. And we recognize there are many needs to how we respond as a nation to deal with this Natural Disaster. And i know our country will do everything we can to see the resiliency of the people in kentucky. I say that particularly knowing about our Ranking Member, senator paul, represents the great state of kentucky. And our thoughts are with them. I also recognize the Small Business relief is only one part of that recovery. I commend the sbas and asked that yesterday relief to Small Businesses, nonprofits, homeowners and renters in the region. Small Business Committee will work with
The Small Business committee will come to order. Before i give my Opening Statement in regard to today subject, i do want to express all of our concerns about the devastation thats taking place in kentucky. The flooding has been just horrible to see. We know these Natural Disasters are very, very hard on a community, and our prayers are with those that been victimized by the flooding. And we recognize there are many needs to how we respond as a nation to deal with this Natural Disaster. And i know our country will do everything we can to see the resiliency of the people in kentucky. I say that particularly knowing about our Ranking Member, senator paul, represents the great state of kentucky. And our thoughts are with them. I also recognize the Small Business relief is only one part of that recovery. I commend the sbas and asked that yesterday relief to Small Businesses, nonprofits, homeowners and renters in the region. Small Business Committee will work with the sba to get this inform
The Small Business committee will come to order. Before i give my Opening Statement in regard to today subject, i do want to express all of our concerns about the devastation thats taking place in kentucky. The flooding has been just horrible to see. We know these Natural Disasters are very, very hard on a community, and our prayers are with those that been victimized by the flooding. And we recognize there are many needs to how we respond as a nation to deal with this Natural Disaster. And i know our country will do everything we can to see the resiliency of the people in kentucky. I say that particularly knowing about our Ranking Member, senator paul, represents the great state of kentucky. And our thoughts are with them. I also recognize the Small Business relief is only one part of that recovery. I commend the sbas and asked that yesterday relief to Small Businesses, nonprofits, homeowners and renters in the region. Small Business Committee will work with the sba to get this inform
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Ebooks. The trend is definitely on the emedia so were putting more dollars in there. Again, i said that our collection overall is about 11 which is probably one of the strongest allocations in terms of dollars. But we have a very strong print collection that, again, side by side with the ebooks and the elearning, we have a lot of requests for training on how to use laptops, how to use tablets, and so, again, we need to position ourselves to be able to do that as well. And i just wanted to add that im very pleased about our goal for the future of the Capital Project for a teen center. I know that at the Richmond Branch its wonderful the physical place. I know at the main branch when my daughter has taken up there to the teen area, it needs to be expanded because i think thats a middle school, especially is the time where kids stop reading and i think that age group from middle school to high school is critical. So, a teen center at a key place where theyre not bothered by their parents