12/16/2019
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"more than 98,000 North Carolinians and 35,000 children would lose food assistance, including school meals for children"
"there are close to 40 million people in this country who don't know where their next meal is going to come from."
"the average SNAP benefit is about $1.40 per person per meal. You can't even buy a cup of coffee for that."
"I am strongly opposed to a similar change in the farm bill, because, according to the Congressional Budget Office, it would take school meals away from 265,000 children nationwide."