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Spectrum News: Harriet Tubman $20 Bill Saga Continues
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Photos: Wikimedia CommonsDemocratic senators are pushing the Treasury Department for answers after its secretary, Scott Bessent, revealed it had abandoned plans to place Harriet Tubman’s image on the new $20 bill, Spectrum News has learned.
In an interview earlier this month with Spectrum News, Bessent said his department was “not at present” planning to put Tubman on the $20 bill, an effort that was over a decade in the making.
Shaheen has been introducing legislation since 2015 to put Tubman on the $20 bill, while Van Hollen represents Tubman’s home state.
Joining Shaheen and Van Hollen on the letter were Sens.
; Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii; and Ron Wyden, D-Ore.President Barack Obama’s treasury secretary, Jack Lew, announced the planned redesign of the $20 bill in 2016 to honor Tubman.