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Rep. Jackson Lee Issues Statement on 50th Anniversary of Kerner Report
March 09, 2018
WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, issued the following speech, which was published in the Congressional Record on March 8, on the 50th anniversary of the Kerner Report:

Mr. Speaker, I thank Congressman Evans for anchoring this very important Special Order on the subject of the famous Kerner Commission Report and the persistence of economic inequality and poverty in America.

Together, we stand, firmly committed to combating poverty.

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