Cut sooner

When solutions are found to problems people can always ask why wasn't it done sooner. Trump solutions to the virus are subject to this criticism. Today on the news Nancy Pelosi said that the race problems in America started with slavery and continue to this day. She then announced a new law containing six main changes that will start to solve this problem. The six changes could have been made anytime and she has been in congress for 35 years. So the question arises, why didn't she do this sooner?