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Jim McGovern: “We ought to be increasing the benefit.”

On the recordJanuary 11, 2016
We ought to be increasing the benefit.
Said by
Jim McGovern
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

McGovern insists on increasing SNAP benefits instead of cutting programs.

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