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On the recordMarch 21, 2017
But to know that legislation, which does not cost the American people one penny, could be passed to feed 5 million more people a day, and we are sitting here with 70 million people starving today, to me, is unbelievable.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Cardin emphasizes the urgency of passing legislation to address hunger.

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