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On the recordNovember 16, 2009
Fortunately, the Congress had the wisdom to include in the Recovery and Reinvestment Act more resources for SNAP, more resources for food assistance.
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Tom Vilsack
Democratic · Iowa

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Vilsack praises Congress for increasing food assistance resources in the Recovery Act.

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