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Mazie Hirono: Why wouldn't you include minority owned businesses as underserved in the underserved group?

On the recordApril 26, 2023
Why wouldn't you include minority owned businesses as underserved in the underserved group?
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Hirono questions the exclusion of minority-owned businesses from underserved definitions.

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