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John Yarmuth: “That is a stunning number. And when you consider what we know in the United States what people pay for housing as a…”

On the recordJuly 23, 2019
That is a stunning number. And when you consider what we know in the United States what people pay for housing as a percentage of their budget, to add a huge percentage of that to food makes basic living unsustainable.
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John Yarmuth
Democratic · Kentucky

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Yarmuth highlights the unsustainable cost of food relative to housing in the U.S.

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