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On the recordSeptember 20, 2023
child poverty more than doubled last year, and Congress did not do anything to act about that, and I do not know why.
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John Fetterman
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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congress.gov

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Fetterman criticizes Congress for inaction on rising child poverty rates.

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