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Jack Reed: “For the first time, the Great Depression, 25 percent of children in this country are living in poverty.”

On the recordMarch 8, 2011
For the first time, the Great Depression, 25 percent of children in this country are living in poverty.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed highlights the alarming rate of childhood poverty in the U.S.

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