[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 23, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E62]
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  EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS A MORAL 
     RESPONSIBILITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE PERSONS, GROUPS AND 
   COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IMPOVERISHED, DISADVANTAGED OR OTHERWISE IN 
                                POVERTY

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                               speech of

                             HON. JOE BACA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 22, 2008

  Mr. BACA. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the House 
for 1 minute.
  I rise today in strong support of H. Con. Res. 198.
  Poverty is all too real an issue in America today.
  As a co-chair of the Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus, I have 
worked with my colleagues to create a world where no child goes to bed 
hungry, and where every parent can put a roof over their family's 
heads.
  We have made progress this Congress--but we still have a long road 
ahead of us.
  And while poverty disproportionately affects our minority 
communities--it does not discriminate on a basis of color.
  We must remember poverty is not just a Hispanic, or a Black, or an 
Asian issue--it is a ``people'' issue.
  Whether it's a family trying to put food on the table, or a child in 
need of basic health care--when poverty affects one of us, it affects 
all of us.
  I urge my colleagues to join the Out of Poverty Caucus in voicing 
their dedication to creating a better America for everyone, not just 
the privileged few.
  I ask my colleagues to vote in favor of H. Con. Res. 198.

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