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On the recordJune 19, 2019
we should be talking about how you expand that benefit, and instead we are talking about how we can throw people off of the benefit.
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Jim McGovern
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

McGovern advocates for expanding SNAP benefits rather than cutting them.

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