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On the recordMarch 16, 2023
I asked one of your staff leaders in the Department of Agriculture, and she said that despite the fact that the agency had paid out these SNAP benefits for 20 years it was the result of a mistake.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin discusses a mistake regarding SNAP benefits with the Secretary.

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