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On the recordDecember 1, 2011
I can't find not one scintilla of evidence that there is any minority-owned businesses and contractors in this entire industry, not one.
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Bobby Rush
Democratic · Illinois

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Rush expresses frustration over the lack of minority representation in the pipeline industry.

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