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On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
What bothers the heck out of me, and should bother us all who care about America being competitive, is we have got poverty rates now amongst kids at 24 to 25 percent.
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Mike Enzi
Republican · Wyoming

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Enzi expresses concern over high child poverty rates impacting America's competitiveness.

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