A Threat to America’s Children: The Trump Administration’s Proposed Changes to the Poverty Line Calculation
CHAIRMAN CONNOLLY'S OPENING STATEMENT
CHAIRWOMAN MALONEY'S OPENING STATEMENT
BACKGROUND
On February 5 and 6, 2020, the Committee on Oversight and Reform will be conducting an in-depth, two-day series of hearings held by four of its subcommittees to examine the negative effects of regulations proposed by the Trump Administration relating to children. This unique and extensive series of hearings will assess the detrimental impact of the Administration’s actions on child poverty, housing, hunger, and health.
WITNESSES
Panel One
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
Member of Congress
Rep. Carol Miller (R-WV)
Member of Congress
Panel Two
Sister Simone Campbell
Executive Director
Network Lobby
Mr. Indi Dutta Gupta
Co-Executive Director, Center on Poverty
Georgetown Law
Ms. Amy Jo Hutchison
Organizer
Healthy Kids and Families Coalition, West Virginia
Mr. Rob Smith (Minority Witness)
Advisory Board Member
Legacy Republican Alliance