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CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield (NC) and House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) will host a roundtable discussion with students from Howard University on Tuesday, October 20, 2015, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.  CBC Members Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA), Chair of the Whip’s Task Force on Poverty, Income Inequality, and Opportunity and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC) will also join the discussion on how cuts, particularly Pell Grants, will impact students.  The discussion will focus on sequestration and the disproportionate impact those arbitrary cuts have on minority communities

This event is open to the press.

WHO:

•           Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G. K. Butterfield (NC)

•           House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD)

•           Chair of the Whip’s Task Force on Poverty, Income Inequality, and Opportunity Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA)

•           Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC)

•           Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick

WHAT:          Roundtable Discussion on the Impacts of Sequestration on Minority Communities

WHEN:          Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  

WHERE:        Howard University (main campus)

                        Founders Library Browsing Room

                        500 Howard Place, NW

                        Washington, DC 20059

Please RSVP to Tara Vales at Tara.Vales@mail.house.gov

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