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On the recordFebruary 15, 2017
Food surveillance violates the basic principles of this great country, and first of all, you are going to discriminate between a low-income person simply because for 6 months on average that is all they stay on food stamps.
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David Scott
Democratic · Georgia

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Scott argues against food surveillance, claiming it discriminates against low-income individuals.

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