Bernie Sanders: “Reduced, among many other things, childhood poverty by 40%.”

“I've given those lines in many, many speeches and what I've said is you think government can't do anything. Look what we did. That one bill, John, in a three year period, Reduced, among many other things, childhood poverty by 40%. Got it. That was one small provision. In a larger bill, we saved the pensions for millions of workers.” (54:05–54:11)

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