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Bob Casey: “I was struck by that searing statistic from your testimony on page 1: as of 2011, 1.5 million households, with 3 million…”

On the recordOctober 28, 2015
I was struck by that searing statistic from your testimony on page 1: as of 2011, 1.5 million households, with 3 million children, reported cash incomes of no more than $2 per day, up 130 percent from 15 years ago.
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Bob Casey
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Senator Casey highlights alarming poverty statistics affecting children.

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