Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin won’t commit to Harriet Tubman on $20 bill | New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV:
"Maybe putting Harriet Tubman on the new $20 bill isn’t a done deal after all.
Back in April 2016, Obama Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, said that the black abolitionist hero would appear on a new version of the bill.
It would be the first time a woman has appeared on U.S. paper currency in over 100 years – and the first time ever for a black woman.
In a CNBC interview that aired Thursday, however, current Treasury leader Steven Mnuchin was asked whether he supports putting Tubman on the $20 bill.
He responded, “Ultimately we will be looking at this issue, [but] It’s not something that I’m focused on at the moment...”
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