So I, I want to know, Mr. Dortch, do you find it surprising, based on your experience as a state legislator who couldn't get any answers, that Deep poverty rose among black and Latino children in the decade after the 1996 law creating TANF. and that indeed, more than half of these folks don't just live in poverty at the poverty level, but they're like 50% of the poverty they living in. (04:44–05:14)
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Asserts that deep poverty increased among black and Latino children after TANF was created.
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