Elijah Cummings: “The most painful thing about it... is that they go through all of…”

On the recordMarch 25, 2009

The most painful thing about it... is that they go through all of that, denied opportunity over and over again, and then they die.

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Cummings expresses the tragic consequences of denied opportunities for minority contractors.

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Elijah Cummings: “The most painful thing about it... is that they go through all of that, denied opportunity over and over again, and then…”