Washington, July 8 -- Congresswoman Joyce Beatty issued the following press release:
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration abandoning the effort to put Harriet Tubman on the twenty-dollar bill:
"In all my years, I've never seen an Administration so hell-bent on erasing Black excellence from American history."
"Harriet Tubman was an American hero. She risked her life for freedom and shaped our nation."
"We're seeing another attack on Black history and the generations of Black Americans whose courage built this country."
"This is the same playbook-from removing the portrait of the first Black four-star general, Daniel "Chappie" James Jr., to attempts to erase the histo...