I think people are better off if we care about people's lives and what gives them worth to make sure we give them a roadway to self-sufficiency.
I want to reiterate that I truly believe we don't evaluate and measure the success of these programs by how much money we spend.
It seems fairly evident that if poverty is caused by a lack of employment, we should figure out ways to move people to opportunities.
If we see kids in foster care--and one in five are falling into homelessness. This is a significant risk.
I want to thank you for your insightful feedback on my bill.
But do you see--does the panel see a problem generational poverty?
I want us to say, we have to bite the bullet on housing, and we have to put up the money and the resources to do it.
But, isn't fair it to say that the Government is the parent of the child. In the end when they--
Help get people job training. Help get people a job. Help move them hopefully off the system.
I believe that the measures of success of our Federal Government programs shouldn't be how much money we spend to alleviate poverty.
I would argue there are a great number of those people who were getting loans that were subsidized by the Government because of Government p...