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Virginia Foxx: The likelihood of poverty in a two-parent family drops to 9 percent from as high as 39 percent in single-parent…

On the recordJune 21, 2020
The likelihood of poverty in a two-parent family drops to 9 percent from as high as 39 percent in single-parent families.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Foxx highlights the economic benefits of two-parent households.

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