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On the recordApril 16, 2012
Having gone through an exercise myself on trying to subsist on what it would be like if I were on a food stamp budget, I can attest to it being extremely difficult, if not impossible.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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Wasserman Schultz shares her personal experience with food stamp budgeting.

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