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Lloyd Doggett: “To condemn President Johnson's war on poverty as a failure is to ignore the many who never engaged in fighting that war.”

On the recordMay 23, 2016
To condemn President Johnson's war on poverty as a failure is to ignore the many who never engaged in fighting that war.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Doggett defends the legacy of the war on poverty.

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