John Yarmuth actually said...

There is not a person on this dais that does not want to see every single person in this country lifted out of poverty to become productive in their lives, to make really, really good personal decisions, to really live that American Dream.

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Yarmuth expresses a shared goal among Congress members to lift people out of poverty.

06/18/2019

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