In 1965, we had--we started basically the War on Poverty in the United States, and unfortunately today the poverty rate is basically the same as it was when we signed the Great Society.
David Perdue: “In 1965, we had--we started basically the War on Poverty in the United States, and unfortunately today the poverty rate…”
On the recordDecember 7, 2015
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Perdue highlights the stagnation of the poverty rate since the War on Poverty began.
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