President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.

- Karen Mills

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

- Karen Mills

We don't want to give a business that is not going to come through the troubled waters a loan that they can't pay back.

- Karen Mills

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

- Karen Mills

Small businesses are really the engine in the economy.

- Karen Mills

It's not government that creates jobs; it's small business. Our job is to make sure they have the access to capital, the access to contracting opport…

- Karen Mills

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 ope…

- Karen Mills

After four years as Administrator of the SBA, I have let President Obama know that I will not be staying for a second term. I will stay on until my s…

- Karen Mills

I saw the S.B.A. with just enormous potential, and that's what I told the president - this is really a jewel.

- Karen Mills