02/27/2017
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"SNAP is not some generous benefit. The average benefit is about $1.40 per person per meal."
"If some workers are demanding jobs that treat them with dignity and respect, jobs that actually allow them to get off of government benefits for good, all I can say is, it is about damn time."
"It is important that we dispel this narrative, this false narrative out there that somehow people who are on this benefit do not want to work."
"So, I am hopeful that such a conference will be able to help Congress get out of this mind-set where struggling people and their struggles are disparaged and diminished."