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Ayanna Pressley: “Restoring agencies and grants that have been dismantled and…”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

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Rep. Pressley Slams Trump's Attacks on the Black Economy, Black Employment, Affordability Crisis

Published | Video Starts at 28:20

It would mean restoring the rollbacks and the progress that was made in student debt cancellation and forgiveness, because we know that is a racial justice issue. It would mean Restoring agencies and grants that have been dismantled and defunded that specifically support black owned businesses [is necessary]. It would mean addressing the algorithm biases. It would mean a restoration of all the federal jobs that black workers were denied. I want to say this. (28:20–28:32)

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Asserts that agencies and grants supporting black-owned businesses have been dismantled and need restoration.

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