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On the recordApril 2, 2019
This is a lousy and rotten thing to do to poor people. They look at SNAP as an ATM to pay for their other priorities.
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Jim McGovern
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

McGovern criticizes the perception that SNAP recipients prefer not to work.

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