Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise today to support the Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022. I thank Whip Clyburn for leading this bill, and I am proud to be a cosponsor. I also want to thank Chair Maloney, and the Speaker for moving this legislation. As chair of the Majority Leader's Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity and an appropriator, I have worked with Whip Clyburn to uplift the 10-20-30 antipoverty formula in legislation. One hundred forty million people in America are poor or one healthcare crisis, job loss, or emergency away from economic desperation. We must prioritize their needs and demands. Our poverty crisis is the result of political choices. With the Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022, we can now choose to take action to increase the share of Federal investments targeted to areas of high and persistent poverty. I urge my colleagues to vote to pass the Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022 to revive our moral and political commitments to strengthening pathways out of poverty. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The previous question is ordered on the bill. The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was read the third time. Motion to Recommit”