But we can have it as a goal for this country to improve the family circumstance in such a way that we can help our young people get that education, make those decisions that break...
The challenge for the Congress, which is the, I guess, the final arbiter of these issues, is to figure out how much we have to spend, what p...
the goal of this government should be to lift as many people out of poverty as possible.
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 ...
Over-regulating housing markets, hampering development, that causes rents to rise.
It is tragic in a society where our first constitutional duty is to establish justice and promote the general welfare.
Occupational licensing requirements... can be terribly hard and burdensome on the poor.
We have siloed these issues that can't be siloed. Poverty, systemic racism, systemic ecological devastation, a war economy must be seen toge...
I am very familiar with the critical need for many of these programs, as Rochester, New York, which I represent, has an overall poverty rate...
Of course, I want to pay a special greeting to Reverend Barber. His work as the leader of the Moral Monday, the inspiration and the leader o...
I am asking Speaker Pelosi and the House Democrats to pass a budget.