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Jeb Hensarling: “America is suffering under the highest poverty rate in a generation.”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2014
America is suffering under the highest poverty rate in a generation.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Hensarling highlights the rising poverty rates during Obama's presidency.

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