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TJMS: Roland Martin Talks With HUD Deputy Secretary Ron Sims About Stimulus Funds Reaching African-American Businesses

06/29/2010 4:24 pm 0 comments

Roland Martin talks with HUD Deputy Secretary Ron Sims about government stimulus funds getting to organizations in the African-American community. Sims explains that they recovery is working, in a number of communities across America there are large numbers of African-Americans participating in contracting.

When Sims was asked for the actual dollar amount that has distributed to African-American businesses, Sims stated that 1 percent of the available money that is a part of the housing and construction side of the federal stimulus package has gone towards African American businesses. (The Federal Stimulus Package is worth $728 billion.)

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