“I’ll just simply say that as a guy raised by a black woman in abject poverty, I am thankful to
be here as a United States senator,” Tim Scott replied to Janet Yellen, and then added: My circumstance is like so many others. Millions and millions of kids being raised in poverty by single-parent households who happen to be black. Telling black teenage moms that there is only one alternative for them is a depressing and challenging message.
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