[Public Banking Act]
Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez: “I am proud to partner with Rep. Tlaib on this monumental bill. Public banks are uniquely able to address the economic inequality and structural racism exacerbated by the banking industry’s discriminatory policies and predatory practices.”
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Paycheck Protection Program
Tlaib, Ocasio-Cortez Introduce Bill Enabling Creation of Public Banks
Hoyer: President Trump Has Abandoned the American People
[COVID-19 Relief Bill]
Hoyer: “President Trump’s decision to walk away from the ongoing negotiations to give relief to people and businesses is another stark example of him telling the American people: ‘you’re on your own.”
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Businessman Troy Parker: From Incarceration to National Inspiration
[Businessman Troy Parker]
Senator Rob Portman: “Troy was denied a PPP loan to help the small business he created because he had a past criminal record. Troy has turned his life around, and hired others seeking a second chance: he is someone we should be holding up…”
Photo: Rich Walberg
Black Businesses struggling from COVID-19, Structural Racism
[Black Business\COVID-19]]
CNBC: “Black small business owners have endured an especially tumultuous few months. They have been hit harder by the coronavirus pandemic, they have received less federal support…”
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Report: Black Congressional Districts got $13 Billion less in PPP Loans
[Black Businesses\PPP Loans]
Kyle Herrig: “The Trump administration failed to support small businesses in communities of color who are disproportionately impacted by this crisis.”
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COVID-19: Rep Waters HEROES Act Passage Desperately Needed
[COVID-19\”Heroes Act”]
Waters: “When asked by a reporter this week if a coronavirus bill would pass by the end of the month, Mitch McConnell reportedly laughed and said ‘no.’…There is nothing funny about any of this.”
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Study: Whites Treated Better Than Blacks When Seeking Business Loans
[National Community Reinvestment Coalition]
Sterling Bone: “We find troubling patterns that that loan program, that PPP program, was not offered equally across our test groups.”
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