Everybody, welcome to the Michael Still podcast is very special podcast conversation with a few folks that I think you're going to find very, very exciting and intriguing and where they're coming from in the business space, particularly in the black and minority owned.

On to put in a real space, which is so, so exciting right now given a number of the changes that are out there, but also some, some signs we need to be concerned about, and issues that we need to address joining me for this conversation is my, is my buddy, formal consp and Ed, tells who was the consp and from the 10th congressional district in Brooklyn, where he served for 15 terms.

On day minister and professional social worker, he founded and chaired the congressional social work caucus and was actively engaged in several congressional caucuses during his service in Congress and when he chaired the congressional black caucus, my buddy, and welcome, man,

always a pleasure, always a pleasure, you know that. And, and, and, and the congressman was instrumental in bringing someone to the table whom I've had the pleasure to watch literally for the past year.

So as she has emerged in an incredible way, in the United States Congress congresswoman, a plasket, who is just doing phenomenal work right now in Congress, she is a, a, first, the first member of a territory to be nominated to the exclusive ways and means committee in the House of representatives.

And she is, no doubt, a rising star and expert on financial matters, comes from a plasket is also a member of the House committee on budget, having received her undergraduate degree from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Services,

who's a loyal saxon, as a as a, as a lograt, appreciate that, and a jurors doctorate from American universities, Washington college, where might niece and F.U. And so we got that connection going to.

She started as an assistant district attorney in the Bronx DA's office, and as well worked as a political appointee at the Department of Justice, where she served as Senior Counsel under both deputy Attorney general Larry Thompson and his successor James Comey.

a compliment is a great treat to have you

as part of our conversation.

I'm honored to be with you gentlemen.

Great to be here with you guys.

Excellent. Excellent.

And joining us also at the table is Lisa Song Sutton.

She's an entrepreneur, real estate investor and former Miss Nevada.

She specializes in business litigation, which she.

Did when she worked at a leaving law firm in Las Vegas as a diversified entrepreneur.

Lisa has scaled multiple seven and eight figure companies,

published numerous articles for Forbes Inc magazine and business insider on business and entrepreneurship.

And this is interesting. I love this work that you're doing here.

Lisa specifically as an advocate for veteran for the veteran community.

She's currently a general partner with a $10 million pre-seed venture capital fund called the veteran fund,

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