BEFORE THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES - Senate
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INCOME, POVERTY, AND HEALTH CARE
COVERAGE: ASSESSING KEY CENSUS INDICATORS
OF FAMILY WELL-BEING IN 2008
HEARING
BEFORE THE
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
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JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
[Created pursuant to Sec. 5(a) of Public Law 304, 79th Congress]
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York, Chair
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
BARON P. HILL, Indiana
LORETTA SANCHEZ, California
ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
VIC SNYDER, Arkansas
KEVIN BRADY, Texas
RON PAUL, Texas
MICHAEL C. BURGESS, M.D., Texas
JOHN CAMPBELL, California
SENATE
CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York, Vice
Chairman
JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico
AMY KLOBUCHAR, Minnesota
ROBERT P. CASEY, JR., Pennsylvania
JIM WEBB, Virginia
SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas, Ranking Minority
JIM DEMINT, South Carolina
JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho
ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah
NAN GIBSON, Executive Director
JEFF SCHLAGENHAUF, Minority Staff Director
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CONTENTS
MEMBERS
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Carolyn B. Maloney, Chair, a U.S. Representative from New York ..........
Sam Brownback, Ranking Minority, a U.S. Senator from Kansas .............
Maurice D. Hinchey, a U.S. Representative from New York ......................
Kevin Brady, a U.S. Representative from Texas .........................................
Elijah E. Cummings, a U.S. Representative from Maryland ......................
Michael C. Burgess, M.D., a U.S. Representative from Texas ...................
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WITNESSES
Dr. Rebecca Blank, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Department of
Commerce .............................................................................................................
Dr. Cecilia Rouse, Member, Council of Economic Advisers ..................................
Dr. Karen Davis, President, The Commonwealth Fund .......................................
Dr. Harry Holzer, Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University and
Institute Fellow, Urban Institute .......................................................................
Mr. Thomas P. Miller, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute ............
SUBMISSIONS
FOR THE
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RECORD
Prepared statement of Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, Chair ....................
Prepared statement of Representative Elijah E. Cummings ...............................
Letter from Representative Michael C. Burgess, M.D. to Rebecca Blank ..........
Letter from Representative Michael C. Burgess, M.D. to Cecilia Rouse ............
Letter from Cecilia Rouse to Representative Michael C. Burgess, M.D. ............
Prepared statement of Dr. Rebecca Blank .............................................................
Prepared statement of Dr. Cecilia Rouse ...............................................................
Prepared statement of Mr. Joseph Stiglitz ............................................................
Prepared statement of Dr. Karen Davis ................................................................
Prepared statement of Dr. Harry Holzer ...............................................................
Prepared statement of Mr. Thomas P. Miller .......................................................
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INCOME, POVERTY, AND HEALTH CARE
COVERAGE: ASSESSING KEY CENSUS
INDICATORS OF FAMILY WELL-BEING
IN 2008
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE,
Washington, DC.
The committee met, pursuant to call, at 1:02 p.m., in Room 210,
Cannon House Office Building, The Honorable Carolyn B. Maloney
(Chair) presiding.
Representatives present: Maloney, Hinchey, Cummings,
Brady, and Burgess.
Senators present: Casey and Brownback.
Staff present: Nan Gibson, Colleen Healy, Elisabeth Jacobs, Andrew Wilson, Dean Clancy, Lydia Mashburn, Jeff Schlagenhauf,
and Chris Frenze.
OPENING STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE CAROLYN B.
MALONEY, CHAIR, A U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FROM NEW YORK
Chair Maloney. I would like to call this meeting to order and
recognize other members for 5 minutes after my opening statement, and then I would like to introduce the first panel.
First, I would like to thank our witnesses for joining us today to
discuss the 2008 official government statistics on income, poverty,
and health insurance coverage that were released this morning by
the Commerce Department*s Census Bureau. These are among the
most important indicators of family well-being, and the picture
from 2000 to 2008 is rather grim.
Between 2000 and 2008 median income fell by nearly $2,200; the
number of Americans living in poverty grew by 8.2 million, and
nearly 8 million people joined the ranks of the uninsured. American families have lost a decade due to the failed economic policies
of the Bush Administration.
Nearly one year ago this committee held a hearing at the request
of the late Senator Edward Kennedy on poverty in America. Senator Kennedy was home. He was sick and he called and said,
Please have this hearing. I want to watch it. I wish I could be
there. But he was very devoted to helping the poor and was a
strong and vocal and effective advocate, and although we have lost
the lion of the Senate, his dream lives on in the Democratic Congress and in all of us. We will certainly continue his work on behalf
of the less fortunate.
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