Tony Cárdenas actually said...

I truly appreciate the committee's willingness to work on the bipartisan bill that would impact so many small businesses.

As a former small business owner myself, I recognize the struggle there is to live out and provide for the American dream for our employees.

Do you think the concrete masonry checkoff program could be better if this bill clearly specified the priorities of the program?

In my 18 years of legislating I can agree that if we are not prescriptive as legislators and we write legislation, then we can't blame anybo...