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On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
if we raise the minimum wage to $10.10, we would have 3.6 million fewer people receiving SNAP.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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King discusses the potential impact of raising the minimum wage on SNAP recipients.

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