Capitol Journal - Poverty
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(Unclean material) Senator Patrick Moynihan ( D New York ) Providing health care, and food and shelter for children is a necessity and it s a moral responsibility, and it s a national interest. Let s at least do what we know how to do.
(Unclean material) Representative Barbara Vucanovich ( R Nevada) It s become worse than it has become better. So I suppose that goes to show that perhaps throwing money at the problem isn t the answer.
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Host Hodding Carter summarizes busy week in American politics and introduces show topic poverty
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House Subcommittee on Public Assistance holds hearing on teenage pregnancies
Hearing of the House Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families
February 19, 1986. Policy forum by the Senate Children's Caucus Young boy, Albert Lin, Children s Express News Service I have given all this about the cycle of poverty. Senator Cranston has talked about all of these statistics, so has Chad. But I mean, how does this all relate to poor children who don t even know where there next meal is coming from?
February 25, 1986. Press conference. Marian Wright Edelman, Director of the Children's Defense Fund. One of our messages has got to be that it is in our self interest as a nation, even if we don t believe in it for other human reasons, to invest in every child
Text on screen displays the findings of House Ways and Means Committee Report on child poverty.