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Ayanna Pressley: “It is no surprise, but egregious nonetheless, that Black-owned businesses received only 2 percent of PPP loans from the…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2021
It is no surprise, but egregious nonetheless, that Black-owned businesses received only 2 percent of PPP loans from the CARES Act.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley criticizes the low percentage of PPP loans received by Black-owned businesses.

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