Mar
27
2008
Congresswoman Barbara Lee's "Private war on Poverty"
Posted by VACAP Archives at 4:05 PM Press Releases
Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor of The Nation Magazine, wrote a blog this week in support of Rep. Lee’s "private war on poverty." Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA) has had "with very little political support or media attention" with regards to her work on poverty. Rep. Lee serves on the House Appropriations Committee and its Health and Human Services Subcommittee. Rep. Lee's House Resolution setting a national goal of cutting poverty in half over the next ten years passed the House without opposition.