Jim McGovern actually said...

I know in my State of Massachusetts, the number of people who are eligible for SNAP has increased as the economy has gotten worse.

McGovern discusses the rise in SNAP eligibility due to economic decline in Massachusetts.

11/30/2011

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I don't think that these innovations would have been possible without investment from the USDA, and without a very large budget to invest.

Yes, that is obviously unacceptable. Typically we have people who are on SNAP who are working, who have families, who are trying to juggle a...

So the McGovern-Dole Program is a really smart and important program.

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