[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 118 (Friday, July 25, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H6817-H6818]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           POVERTY SIMULATION

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, 2 weeks ago, Representatives Barbara 
Lee, Chris Gibson, Richard Hudson, and I hosted a Poverty Simulation 
for Members of Congress and their staffs here on Capitol Hill. Run by 
Entergy and Catholic Charities USA, this poverty simulation provided a 
way for policymakers and their staffs to experience poverty in a new 
and different way.
  This simulation allowed participants to experience firsthand what it 
is like to be poor in America. Far too often, we talk about poverty, 
but we don't understand it. Being poor is hard work. It is hard to 
figure out how to stretch your food dollar and get from home to school 
to work with limited transportation, for example, when you are poor and 
are living on a limited income.
  This simulation is one step in understanding how we end hunger and 
poverty. We can't begin this fight if we can't come together as 
Republicans and Democrats, and simulations like this could prove to be 
the way we all start working together on this common goal.

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