Lyndon Johnson and his failed plan to end poverty unavailable for comment.
Via The Hill:
The Democrats, who have long criticized the Wisconsin Republican’s budgets for their cuts to low-income and entitlement programs, point out that the new panel consists only of Republicans who have championed those same government-slashing proposals.
“Speaker Ryan’s new poverty task force is a sham. It is made up of only Republicans with voting records that cut funding to the very social safety net programs that combat poverty,” Rep. Rosa DeLauro (Conn.), a top Democratic appropriator, said Wednesday during a blustery press conference outside the Capitol.
“All of the members of the task force voted for cuts included in the Ryan budget: cuts to food stamps, Pell Grants, housing assistance, childcare, Head Start and Medicaid,” she added.
“They failed to realize that their solutions to address poverty would ultimately increase poverty.”
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer delivered a similar warning. The Maryland Democrat praised Ryan for casting a light on poverty. But he said the GOP’s track record on the issue doesn’t leave him much hope that the task force will prove effective.