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Elijah Cummings: Mr. Chairman, I submit that if we are going to stop the cycle of poverty, what we must first do is invest in our…

On the recordMay 1, 1997
Mr. Chairman, I submit that if we are going to stop the cycle of poverty, what we must first do is invest in our children, lift our children up. There is no greater thing that a parent can do than to be beside a child to help form that personality to pass on wonderful ideas, wonderful feelings and give them a sense of self-worth.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Addressing the importance of investing in children to break the cycle of poverty.

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