articleThe Brief Democratic senators are urging the Trump administration to revive plans to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the department is no longer pursuing the redesign first announced in 2016. U.S. Democratic senators are urging the Trump administration to revive plans to place abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the department is no longer pursuing the redesign, according to Reuters. Earlier this month, however, Bessent said the Treasury Department was "not at present" planning to move forward with the redesign. Had the change been made, Tubman would have become the first Black American featured on U.S. paper currency, Reuters reported.