Establishing a Modern Poverty Measure

McDermott Announces Hearing on Establishing a Modern Poverty Measure Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on a draft proposal to establish a modern measure of poverty in the United States. The hearing will take place on Thursday, July 17, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. in B-318, Rayburn House Office Building. In view of the limited time available to hear witnesses, oral testimony at this hearing will be from invited witnesses only. However, any individual or organization not scheduled to appear may submit a written statement for consideration by the Subcommittee and for inclusion in the record of the hearing.