House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' On The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline Trump signs largely symbolic pre-existing conditions order amid lawsuit MORE (D-Calif.) is slated to give the opening remarks during the House Budget Committee’s hearing on poverty on Wednesday.

The California Democrat will make the rare appearance before the committee after Chairman John Yarmuth John Allen YarmuthPelosi, Democrats unveil bills to rein in alleged White House abuses of power GOP, White House struggle to unite behind COVID-19 relief House seeks ways to honor John Lewis MORE (D-Ky.) and Ranking Member Steve Womack Stephen (Steve) Allen WomackEx-CBO director calls for more than trillion in coronavirus stimulus spending Overnight Defense: Lawmakers tear into Pentagon over .8B for border wall | Dems offer bill to reverse Trump on wall funding | Senators urge UN to restore Iran sanctions Lawmakers trade insults over Trump budget cuts MORE's (R-Ark.) deliver their opening statements.

Witnesses at the hearing include six from the Poor People’s Campaign: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Callie Greer, Kenia Alcocer, Christopher Overfelt and Savannah Kinsey in addition to Pastor Latasha Fields of The Christian Home Educators’ Support System (CHESS) and Pastor David Mahan of Frontline Youth Communications.

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Pelosi has long advocated for a hearing involving the Poor People’s Campaign, having sent a letter to former House Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 At indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates MORE (R-Wis.) last September, when Republicans held the majority, advocating for the group’s call for the House to hold a hearing on poverty.

While the hearing wasn’t called during the 115th Congress, Pelosi teamed up with members of her party in partnering with the group to hold a hearing with Democrats last year. After taking control of the lower chamber, the California Democrat has worked to ensure a full committee hearing would be held.

“Because we thought it was important, we put together in the fall, using our Steering and Policy Committee, a forum just of Democrats, but now that we have taken majority, you know, we don't have to do it in the basement anymore,” a senior Democratic aide told The Hill.

According to the committee, the hearing is aimed at examining poverty in the United States and the economic hardships Americans face.

“Wednesday’s hearing on poverty in America is a vital opportunity to shine a light on the hardships facing families in poverty through testimony from people who have experienced these challenges first-hand,” Budget Committee spokesman Sam Lau told The Hill in a statement.

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“Chairman Yarmuth is honored to be joined by Speaker Pelosi, who has dedicated her career to helping children and families, for this important discussion with the Poor People’s Campaign.”

While Republicans said they feel addressing policies to help people climb out of poverty is important, some expressed concerns over the witness list, noting witnesses testifying on behalf of the Poor People’s Campaign have been critical of the Trump administration and a number of Republican lawmakers in the past and held a presidential forum for Democratic 2020 hopefuls on Monday.

“It will be interesting to see what they say and the points they hit on, but, I mean, this group had every Democratic presidential candidate this weekend,” one GOP lawmaker said.