40 million Americans live in what the government recognizes as poverty.
We are not doing enough by our own people in a democracy that is supposed to be by the people and for the people.
7 million people have not been lifted off of food stamps in this country. They were kicked off food stamps in this country.
The idea and this metaphor of a bootstrap started off as a joke because it is a physical impossibility to lift yourself up by a bootstrap.
This legislation that I am putting forward along with my colleagues is literally just to recognize poverty in America.
The people caring for our own children--
This is not a coincidence; housing issues are racial justice issues.
And to be clear, we have never pursued a public policy audacious or bold enough to close or reverse that gap, correct?
There are children that are coughing up blood in their public housing facilities because they are being poisoned by lead and asbestos.
Research has clearly communicated that segregated, concentrated poverty has long-term, devastating effects on the health and welfare of our ...
Justice has no price tag.