[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 5 (Thursday, January 9, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR ON POVERTY

  (Mr. ENYART asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENYART. Mr. Speaker, it is the 50th anniversary of the war on 
poverty. Although in many ways it has been a success, economic 
opportunity is still too often a stacked deck. Yesterday, The Wall 
Street Journal stated that J.P. Morgan, the giant Wall Street bank, 
last year paid out nearly $22 billion due to misdeeds and 
misrepresentations.
  The stock market sets new records every day. Wall Street has 
recovered. When will Main Street?
  While this is happening, 41 percent of the unemployed people in my 
district have been out of work for more than 26 weeks. They have run 
out of unemployment because Congress failed to act. The income 
difference between the wealthy and workers is greater than any time 
since the 1920s.
  Mr. Speaker, when will a nation that proclaims itself a bastion of 
freedom, both economic and personal, free the poor from the shackles of 
poverty?

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