They grew the business into one of the largest electrical contracting businesses in Western Pennsylvania.

People know when they take this job this could happen, because it's the nature of the contracting business, but it still hurts. We hate to see this happen. We hate to lose the work and we hate to lay off employees.

If the government ends small business contracting programs, then the $119 billion in awards currently reported as going to small firms will go to large companies which make up only 2% of U.S. employers. Small business owners need to get on the phone or on the Internet and let their Congressional delegates know that they don't want the government to eliminate Federal programs for small business. Once these programs are gone, we will never get them back.

By refusing to implement the women’s contracting program and repeatedly failing to meet required contracting goals, this administration is undermining virtually every existing opportunity for women business owners to break into the the good ol’ boy network of federal contracting

Their costs for hiring and contracting services is clearly rising faster than their revenue. They are going to have to get a handle on that because the industry is just not growing fast enough to support that.

Florida stands to gain the most from open trade and business with Cuba. More companies have visited Cuba from Florida than from any other state.