… high school graduates, that we've been able to make Maryland a state that has the first state based, placed PLACE led initiative to address the issue of childhood poverty that We have been able to actually do procurement reform and now creating over $800 million for black-owned businesses inside of the state of Maryland. That we have made investments over $1.4 billion to Maryland's HBCUs at a time when the federal government is pulling back from our HBCUs and that we have actually raised … (26:51–27:37)
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Asserts that Maryland's procurement reform created over $800 million for black-owned businesses.
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