Andrew Yang Says His Campaign Will Give $12,000 Each to 10 Different Families

Democratic presidential candidate former tech executive Andrew Yang is introduced before the Democratic Presidential Debate at Texas Southern University's Health and PE Center in Houston, Texas on Sept. 12, 2019. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images

Entrepreneur Andrew Yang, whose campaign is focused on a plan that would give each most American adults up to $1,000, announced during the Democratic presidential debate on Sept. 12 that his campaign would randomly select 10 families and give each of them $12,000 over the next year.

Yang, 44, made the announcement in his opening statement.