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On the recordMarch 25, 2015
I thank the gentleman from Virginia. Also, let me just say, our budget employs the 10-20-30 formula championed by our leader, the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn). By directing at least 10 percent of Federal spending into areas with poverty rates of more than 20 percent over the last 30 years, we will make progress toward ending entrenched and generational poverty that hurts families and communities. A vote for the CBC budget really is a vote with the conscience of the Congress. It is a message to the American people that you stand with those who are working hard to find a job or working hard at a job with low wages. It is a message to the country that balancing the budget on the backs of the most vulnerable to keep giveaways to the superwealthy is unacceptable, and that is not the American way.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

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