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And it ranges from everything from metal manufacturing to janitorial services to interior design to catering. so there's everything that you can think of. so what we're really hoping is that anyone who plays in these industries gets involved and learns about the program and gets themselves certified to participate. >> and what's the range of the contract? how big are they? >> so the contracts can be up to $5 million for manufacturing contracts or up to $3 million for nonmanufacturing. and no limit on how many set asides can be done for this program. we're hoping this will bring billions of dol...

Design to catering. there's everything you can think of. what we're hoping is everyone who plays in these industries gets involved and learns about the program and gets themselves certified to participate. >> what's the range of the contract? how big are they? >> the contracts can be up to $5 million or up to $3 million for nonmanufacturing. there's no limits on how many can be set aside. we're hoping this can bring billions of dollars to women of small businesses. >> we hope so. thanks so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you, jj. balancing the needs of your business and famil...

>> i'm going to play devil's advocate. i know a lot of people who say they should. . there's so much red tape, it's so confusing. is the process being streamlined? >> we're committed to make this as easy as possible, but we're just excited that finally after over a decade of actually this law being put into place that we should have a program for women of small businesses, that's actually happening. when the obama administration came it it was a program to get the program into place. we're excited that finally there will be an opportunity for women of small businesses to participate. we have o...