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Rosa DeLauro: “They want to change the way that the federal government measures poverty, thereby throwing people off of these programs”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
They want to change the way that the federal government measures poverty, thereby throwing people off of these programs
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Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

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DeLauro criticizes efforts to alter poverty measurement, risking loss of assistance for those in need.

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