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By signing the Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act into law April 5, President Obama signaled that both he and the U.S. Congress agree on stimulating U.S. job creation: entrepreneurial small businesses hold the key to our national economic engine, and they won’t start hiring again until they have access to capital. We can all embrace the goals within the JOBS Act and the overwhelming bipartisan support it received -- not to mention some ideas within that are downright innovative.

The timing could not be better. Numerous economic indicators suggest that the recession should be over: Stock prices are surging, gas prices are rising, unemployment is down, and hiring is up. But we simply will not fully rebound until small businesses recover.

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