03/16/2021
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"to not be able to use your money is a form of economic exclusion, and, as Chairwoman Waters said, it is economic discrimination and segregation."
"I believe that it would exacerbate an already-huge inequity that many people of color, that many people in our communities experience on a daily basis."
"There are poor people who are not going to be able to access those basic necessities of life, even something as simple as just handing cash to a child to get their meal at school."
"I represent a working-class district in Chicago. Many of my neighbors lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic."