114th Congress
This morning, the Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing entitled, "Moving America's Families Forward: Setting Priorities for Reducing Poverty and Expanding Opportunity." But do Republican proposals actually move our nation's families forward and reduce poverty? Turns out, not so much. Let's take a closer look at how Republicans reduce opportunity and increase poverty, while Democrats actively work to reduce poverty and help working families across America succeed.
REPUBLICANS ARE REDUCING OPPORTUNITY
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.
As Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) clearly laid out in his opening statement: