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On the recordFebruary 24, 2015
Poverty in the twenty-first century is a shameful reality for our nation, and in the Virgin Islands, child poverty is heartbreaking.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

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Plaskett highlights the severe child poverty in the Virgin Islands.

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