Warren bill would require Fed to target racial employment and wage gaps

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Democrats in Congress introduced legislation Wednesday that would require the Federal Reserve to work toward closing racial employment and wage gaps.

“Systemic racism and inequality is not something that happens on its own,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a co-author of the bill, said. “It is a result of specific policy choices, and the Fed must take deliberate action to fix it.”

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