04/27/2021
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"Any cuts to these lifesaving benefits would disproportionately affect the folks who make up the majority of my district, which is Black and Latino Americans."
"If there is no grocery store around you, and you are buying your meals from a bodega, and you are homeless, and don't have access to hot foods, you buy what is available."
"We want to see people eating more fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, healthy proteins, which is why we should be talking more today about the GusNIP program, about produce prescriptions, about all things..."
"the benefit is inadequate, and maybe we ought to be talking about expanding GusNIP as a way to deal with that."