Why minority business leaders are celebrating the infrastructure bill
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The heads of some of the largest minority business advocacy groups on Capitol Hill are praising key elements of the latest infrastructure bill, which is currently being debated in the House after passing with bipartisan support in the Senate on Tuesday.
"This was a win for us in a big way that may not necessarily be known by most people," US Black Chambers of Commerce president and CEO Ron Busby Sr. told CNN Business. Busby's organization advocates on behalf of 143 Black chambers of commerce in the United States and a total of 380,000 Black business owners in the US, Canada and parts of Africa. It's one of several national groups that have spent most of the year pushing lawmakers and the Biden administration to include provisions in the infrastructure package to help Black, Hispanic and Asian-American entrepreneurs.More Related News
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