When we work on a recovery package or an infrastructure package in the weeks and months ahead, it is important that it doesn't simply amplify existing inequities between communities that have enjoyed tremendous economic growth and others that are being left behind.
Emphasizes the need for equitable recovery efforts for distressed communities.
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I am grateful to my colleague and friend, Congressman Brad Wenstrup, for serving on our first panel today.
My hope is, regardless of which party holds the gavels, that that Subcommittee continues, because the work of institutional improvement needs to continue.
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