Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. No one more than Congresswoman Barbara Lee in this House has been focused on how we lift those in poverty out of poverty and into the middle class. {time} 1800 Of course, as she so well says, it will be good for those in poverty, but it will also be good for all the rest of us. They will help build a better economy. They will help grow jobs, and they will help America be stronger. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to join my friend, Chairwoman Barbara Lee of the Democratic Whip's Task Force on Poverty, Income Inequality, and Opportunity, for this Special Order. I also want to thank Chairman Cleaver of the CBC's Poverty and Economy Task Force for the work that it has done in this area. Mr. Speaker, poverty is bad for your health. Poverty is bad for your mental health. Poverty is bad for children. Poverty is bad for families. More than 50 years after President Johnson declared unconditional War on Poverty, 46 million Americans are still struggling in poverty. That is not to say we haven't made some progress. There are programs we have adopted. Frankly, Medicare is a tremendous poverty program. Our seniors are better off, and far less of them are in poverty because of Medicare. Medicaid is a critical program to make sure that those who cannot afford it are, nevertheless, given health care, which is important for all of us to have healthy citizens with whom we deal on a daily basis. Ours, Mr.…”