Ben Cardin actually said...

"If someone sells his or her business to a minority or a woman, one, the profits they make off of that sale, they would not have to pay state taxes."

"So the issue, though, of capital is a critical issue because, as has been pointed out by all of you, there have been extreme difficulties of minority businesses to get access to equity capital, to get..."

"I really do appreciate that. And I appreciate each of your participations here today, and I look forward to working with each of you as we try to sort out what we can do a better job on, helping minor..."

"We would like to take the best practices and share that so that we can get more activity and get more opportunity for small businesses and minority businesses to be able to take advantage of the oppor..."