04/21/2009
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"So the more comprehensive our approaches are, the more likely we are to see positive results."
"For years, structural racism has led to much higher rates of child poverty among children of color, especially Black children."
"It is shameful, quite frankly, that this Congress is not taking strong, immediate action to end poverty, using policies proven to work."
"Democrats stand ready. I stand ready to set an aggressive child poverty reduction target and hold ourselves accountable to restore income supports to strengthen families and cut child poverty."