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BALLASY: "Something witnesses at the hearing mentioned, direct payments. Others mentioned investing in African-American communities around the country. What would you support? Direct payments to individuals or descendants of slaves or something else?"
TLAIB: "I support any opportunity for restorative justice, and that could come up all above in some instances. But I think there is a serious conversation happening in the committee and I hope continues to happen regarding reparations. But I guess it should be determined by all of us. And I can tell you at home it is direct payment that people want to see, but also increased access to higher education to real equitable funding in education systems right now across the country. You see that now where communities of color are still getting less funding for public education, less access to lending, less access to — I mean, we've lost more black home ownership than any other state in the country. We're at numbers now pre-fair housing, so there has to be something new with regards to looking at restorative justice in those lens."