We should be seriously talking about reopening schools as quickly as possible.

the reality of the minimum wage conversation and debate really should be one that is concerned from a regional perspective.

I had a chance to speak with the owner, Chef John, and the bar manager, who did a wonderful job of distilling the importance of not increasing the minimum wage.

I certainly share the objective of making sure that every child in every zip code has a quality choice.

Frankly, one of the things that is most alarming, Dr. Cardona, is that many of our public schools remain closed.

I come at this issue as a poor kid growing up in a single-parent household and believe that education is the closest thing to magic.

Manufactured housing has the diversity within its construct, and I would love to hear that you have an interest and perhaps even a passion for making sure that we continue to prioritize manufactured housing.

I have certainly played a role in making sure that some of the priorities that impact our community have been brought to the surface, to the top, and have been prioritized by the Republican Party.

In opportunity zones they are responsible for helping, even in Columbus, Ohio, 50 incarcerated individuals in Columbus find housing.

I hope and my question for you is can I count on you to take serious the opportunity to use opportunity zones as a way of meeting some of the challenging needs that we have from our housing stock around the country?

The $1.9-trillion package that has been presented to us is a package that focuses on some priorities that I think will actually hurt our economy as much as they would improve our economy.

an arbitrary government-mandated minimum wage increase is going to cost jobs.

When we think about enough being enough, if there was another downturn in our economy... we have the resources necessary for that next downturn in 2 or 3 years.

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