Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, longest-serving independent in congressional history.
Childhood poverty rates
๐บ๐ธ 21.1%
๐ฌ๐ง 15.8%
๐ฎ๐น 14.5%
๐จ๐ฆ 14.0%
๐ฑ๐บ 13.5%
๐ต๐น 12.5%
๐ฌ๐ท 12.3%
๐ซ๐ท 12.0%
๐ฆ๐น 9.8%
๐ฉ๐ช 9.1%
๐จ๐ญ 9.1%
๐จ๐ฟ 8.8%
๐ฐ๐ท 8.5%
๐ธ๐ช 8.4%
๐ณ๐ฑ 8.4%
๐ง๐ช 7.9%
๐ณ๐ด 6.9%
๐ฎ๐ช 6.8%
๐ซ๐ฎ 4.6%
We must end the outrage that in the richest country in the history of the world, more than 1 in 5 children live in poverty.