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March 24: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood: "We've Made Some Progress, But We Need to Do More" from The Huffington Post
- The DOT argues that because the vast majority of stimulus money is allocated to states, the report's small sampling is misleading. The agency has no data on the racial breakdown of their complete funding, but says about $1.3 billion in transportation funds have gone to certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprises. Still, they recognize that Black contractors have complained of being shut out, and admit they've got to do better. I talked with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, just before the DOT commenced a conference on Wednesday about helping minority-owned firms compete. Here's what he had to say about what the agency is doing to get those numbers up.
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