[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 8, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H31]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             WAR ON POVERTY

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, today is the 50th 
anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson's historic war on poverty, but 
lately it seems more like a war on the poor.
  Earlier today, at a meeting organized by Congresswoman Lee, President 
Johnson's daughter, Lynda Johnson Robb, said that she accompanied her 
father on his historic tour of Appalachia. She said:

       When Daddy came to this town and was sworn in as President, 
     the poverty level of our country was at 20 percent. When 
     Daddy left this town, it was at 12 percent of the population.

  He made a big difference working with this body in a bipartisan way--
and we can do it again.
  Mr. Speaker, let's pass a jobs plan, raise the minimum wage, restore 
nutrition assistance and affordable housing assistance, and extend 
unemployment benefits to help those families get by while they are 
looking for work.
  As Lyndon Johnson did five decades ago, let us again declare an 
``all-out war on human poverty and unemployment in these United 
States.''

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