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Jim McGovern: “The notion that we would even entertain cutting SNAP by $10 billion, to me, goes against everything that I heard today…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2017
The notion that we would even entertain cutting SNAP by $10 billion, to me, goes against everything that I heard today in terms of how we ought to be approaching this issue.
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Jim McGovern
Democratic · Massachusetts

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McGovern expresses concern over proposed cuts to SNAP funding.

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