“This year we spent more as a state than any year before, yet there’s still so much more we could and should have done for working families and small businesses. To think we gave over twice what we did to small businesses to illegal immigrants is a slap in the face to the families and individuals who have worked for decades to establish their businesses. In addition, this year the Assembly Majority raised taxes on businesses, passed legislation that helps criminals and tore away yet again at our constitutional rights. This was all while leaving small business owners up a creek without a paddle. This legislative session was worse than disappointing. It was insulting to those who needed us most after this unprecedented year of social and economic upheaval.”