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Tom Vilsack: If you take SNAP and you reduce it or you eliminate it, you are obviously going to impact not just the poor families…

On the recordFebruary 13, 2024
If you take SNAP and you reduce it or you eliminate it, you are obviously going to impact not just the poor families that are receiving it.
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Tom Vilsack
Democratic · Iowa

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Vilsack warns about the broader economic impact of reducing SNAP.

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