"What concerns me is that if we don't seriously address it that we could see this pandemic actually exacerbate this inequality in our Nation."
"I also funded the post office because it deserves to be funded. It's a national treasure. It's a national service."
"These are real, real stories. And when the mail slows down, it has a disparate impact on communities, and particularly on communities of color around this country."
"We learned that the structure and the implementation of PPP continues, as has been said, to disadvantaged, smaller businesses, specifically businesses of color."
"We needed transparency. We requested that you immediately begin publishing the demographic data on PPP recipients."
"It is disheartening for me to look back over that period of time and to recognize that many of the same arguments advocating on behalf of Black and Brown and Korean businesses for fairness and equity ..."
"there is no reason in God's world that there should be that kind of a disparity so obvious in a state and a district, in particular, that diverse."
"People are concerned, Secretary Mnuchin and Madam Administrator, that what they see does not gel with what they have been led to believe."
"I want to thank you for your relentless efforts at trying to bring about fairness and equity to this issue"
"There is, from where I sit, a great deal of skepticism in many circles across the Nation from people who see the awarding of PPP funds and the rollout of this project as being discriminatory"
"If the president's new mantle and measurement for dialogue is to only talk and to only meet with those individuals or organizations that agree with him, then we are getting closer to the previous regi..."