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Fifty years ago, we as a nation declared a war on poverty and began our mission to create policies that help lift families out of poverty, improve nutrition and health care, and promote work. This effort has succeeded in reducing poverty in America by nearly 50 percent in 2014.

The Ways and Means Committee today held a hearing on Republicans' misguided poverty agenda, further shining light on the harmful actions the GOP has taken to actually move America's families backwards. Meanwhile, Democrats discussed their commonsense proposals – which have proven to be effective – to fight poverty in communities across America.