or of the heritage foundation, and olivia golden of the center for law and social policy. ving a discussion on the new report on poverty in 2015. olivia, we'll start with you. that report showed the largest single year decline in the poverty rate since 1968. total poverty number of people in the united states in poverty now at 1999 levels. we'll go into the details of that report. but what do you think are the biggest reasons for that drop? guest: the big headlines, as you say, is improvement as a result of the economy reaching across a large swath of americans, the economic recovery. in addition to overall poverty dropping, child poverty dropped, which is something we follow in particular from about 21% to just under 20%, so still one in five kids. so a big reason the economy, the economic recovery is reaching a much larger share of americans. there's also a lot of good yuse in that report about public programs, the accompanying report on health insurance shows big improvements in the share of americans who have health insurance, the number without is down by four million

host: olivia golden, a quick response.: there are a lot of researchers who see enormous positive economic impact from immigration. i want to focus on the citizen callern, who the mentioned. and note that those kids, the children of immigrants, a very large number of documented immigrants as well as some undocumented are a core portion of america's future. than they areess entitled to. and that's a problem. we need to make sure that those kids grow up secure. one mention of the homelessness portion of the comment. because i do think that the enormous issue and i'm glad you highlighted it. housing is very expensive. and one of the ways that low income affects children, particularly, but also adults is instability in housing, being evicted, being doubled up and being homeless. babies being one-year-old is actually the common agent homeless children. and has terrible lifelong consequences. left, james and towns river, new jersey. the line for those you make under $25,000 a year. go ahead. caller: good morning, "washington jour

host: at our desk this morning, we're joined by robert rector of the heritage foundation, and olivia golden of the center for law and social policy. we're having a discussion on the new report on poverty in 2015. olivia, we'll start with you. that report showed the largest single year decline in the poverty rate since 1968. total poverty number of people in the united states in poverty now at 1999 levels. we'll go into the details of that report. but what do you think are the biggest reasons for that drop? guest: the big headlines, as you say, is improvement as a result of the economy reaching across a large swath of americans, the economic recovery. in addition to overall poverty dropping, child poverty dropped, which is something we follow in particular from about 21% to just under 20%, so still one in five kids. so a big reason the economy, the economic recovery is reaching a much larger share of americans. there's also a lot of good yuse in that report about public programs, the accompanying report on health insurance shows big improvements in the share of americans who have health insu

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. >> at our desk joined by olivia golden and robert. a discussion on new census bureau report on poverty in 2015. i want to start with you. that report showed decline poverty rate, total poverty number of people in the united states in poverty now at 1999 levels. we'll go into the details of that report. what do you think are the biggest reasons for that drop? >> i think just the big headline as you say is improvement as a result of reaching across a large swath" in addition to overall poverty dropping, child poverty dropped, which is something we follow in particular from 21% to 25, one in five. big reason the economic recovery reaching a larger share of americans. there's also good news about public programs, accompanying report on health insurance shows big improvements on the share of americans who have health insurance. the number without is down by 4 million from last year. that's a big positive the contributions of programs like s.n.a.p., tax credits keep people out of poverty. the one other topic i'm sure we'll get back to, ther

. >> this morning olivia golden, the executive director for the center of law and social policy and robert rector on the census bureau report on the policy of the u.s. and dave levinthal looks at presidential and congressional fundraising and spending for the campaign so far and u.s. election assistant commission chair thomas hicks on the security of the electronic voting systems and if they're vulnerable to hacking. as always, we take your calls and you can join the conversation at facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is next. host: good morning. it's monday, september 19, 2016. a weekend of violence in minnesota, new jersey, and new york has law enforcement on high alert this morning. no one was killed in the explosions in new york and new jersey, and only the attacker died in the mall stabbing in minnesota. but each happened in a very public place, and each had the potential to be very deadly. with authorities still working to provide answers in all three cases, we begin our program today on the "washington journal." simply asking to you take stock of how safe you feel in your com

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olivia golden was the assistant secretary for children and families of the u.s. department of health and human services from 1993 to 2001. guest: two different roles during that time. guest: if i can of his eyes at heritage foundation is also a nonpartisan organization, but it very interesting. if you go back all the way to 1970, the only >> >> feel the way a fell substantially was during welfare reform but that was a feeling that was a failure ina drop where poverty goes down and it drops down at 30%. that is because the welfare recipients are required to work in exchange for benefits were increased and poverty went down. ninety% with the individuals wok to be prepared for work but most of the welfare statework r. does not have that type of work requirement that is why we can spend and spend. >> for those that make over $100,000 a year. >> i would like to think fee-for-service i am highly educated and make it just over 100,000 i completely agree both parties that can solve the problem and choose not to go but that is whyestabl the establishment they are not goin