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Doug LaMalfa: So if we were to have this discussion about things that are nutritional and we have items on the list that maybe are now…

On the recordFebruary 15, 2017
So if we were to have this discussion about things that are nutritional and we have items on the list that maybe are now eligible for SNAP but determined somehow to not be nutritional, is it really that much tougher to differentiate between soda pop and tobacco?
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Doug LaMalfa
Republican · California

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LaMalfa questions the difficulty of distinguishing between eligible and non-eligible SNAP items.

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