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John Conyers: “I have figured this out now. This has been confusing me, why this is a high-tech boondoggle. That is what this is. Waive…”

On the recordApril 25, 2002
I have figured this out now. This has been confusing me, why this is a high-tech boondoggle. That is what this is. Waive the rules so the high-tech people can run wild. The gentleman from Utah is exempt from this. They do not have many high-tech people or many minorities. So he does not know that much about minority procurement rules, but the rest of my colleagues here do. Tell me what I tell the African American people, business persons, that have been trying to get in the door for 20 years?
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Discussing concerns about minority procurement in high-tech industries.

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