Jim McGovern: “I am all for evidence-based evaluation, but we are talking about a…”

On the recordJuly 14, 2015

I am all for evidence-based evaluation, but we are talking about a program, in SNAP, that has one of the lowest error rates of any Federal program.

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McGovern defends SNAP's effectiveness, highlighting its low error rates in federal programs.

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