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Congresswoman Barbara Lee on Covid Relief and Racial Justice

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KQED

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.2 • 726 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

As the House of Representatives prepares to pass President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion covid relief package, we talk with Oakland Congresswoman Barbara Lee about the stimulus bill and what it could mean for the Bay Area. We’ll also check in with Lee about legislation addressing voting rights, justice in policing and her call for the country to take a deep look at systemic racism by establishing a U.S. Commission on Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm Rachel Myro.

0:48.3

We're expecting a second vote on President Biden's coronavirus relief package tomorrow.

0:54.1

The president campaigned primarily on bringing COVID-19 under control as well as bringing the U.S. economy back to life. But the package includes other progressive initiatives to do things like tackle child poverty, things that might make a real difference here in the Bay Area. Let's talk about that more

1:12.6

with Representative Barbara Lee of Oakland. Thank you so much for joining us today. Thank you.

1:18.1

Very happy to be with you today. So tell me, how do you feel about this bill as it is now? After

1:25.1

all the haggling and the compromises, what parts thrill you most?

1:29.6

What parts bother you most? Well, I tell you, it was worth all of the negotiations, which are

1:37.9

always really, really very tough when you have a wide spectrum of points of views within our own Democratic caucus, and then, of course, trying to negotiate with the Republicans to make it a bipartisan bill.

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