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Congresswoman Beatty holds national press conference on steps of Department of Treasury in Washington, D.C.

Beatty held a news conference outside the Treasury Department late last week, just days after it was announced the department will conduct an internal investigation into why getting Tubman on the bill is being delayed.

NBC4 covers Beatty national "Tubman on the Twenty" press conference.

House Democrats on Thursday protested on the steps of the Treasury Department, rallying for a congressional measure that would require $20 bills to include an image of abolitionist and Civil War spy Harriet Tubman.

Democratic leaders demanded that President Donald Trump put legendary abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 following Mnuchin’s decision to indefinitely delay the bill’s introduction.

Rep. Joyce Beatty said she’ll hold a press conference every week if that’s what it takes to get Harriet Tubman’s picture on the $20 bill.

The outrageous number of names purged from voting rolls in recent years has surged, blocking the ballot box for millions of Americans. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-OH) wants to ban the practice entirely. SHe introduced on Wednesday the Save Voters Act which would bar states from purging potential voters based on their failure to vote or respond to a written notice, unless the notification is returned as undeliverable.

U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty last week introduced a bill that would bar states from removing voters from the voting rolls because they had not voted in recent previous elections.