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Bill Lee: “So we have an investment in a group called Chicago Women in Trades that is demonstrating how when you give black women a…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2024
So we have an investment in a group called Chicago Women in Trades that is demonstrating how when you give black women a chance, they can do any trade, any job, but a trades job that has a square path to the middle class.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Discussing investment in programs for black women in trades.

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