Absolutely not. Anderson, I've said this before when I was chair of the Black Caucus, the black unemployment rate during slavery was zero.
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Richmond argues that the unemployment rate does not reflect the true struggles of African Americans under the current administration.
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Republicans on the other hand, and I hate to say this, they were flat out lying to the American people saying, oh, we've passed the curve, this is going to end.
We're leading on search-and-rescue. So there's a number of things we're doing because we're very intentional about it.
This bill is wildly popular. This is not a hard vote. This is actually an easy vote, just like the Rescue Plan because the American public supports it. So, my hope would be it passes with overwhelming bipartisan support.
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