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On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
And I am going to suggest to this Committee that the next time we have a hearing on economic inequality we add 'racial.' We have to say economic and racial inequality. Otherwise we are missing it.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

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Advocating for the inclusion of racial factors in discussions of economic inequality.

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