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Chris Van Hollen: But that is not what the Ag Committee chose to do. What they chose to do was to cut food nutrition programs that will…

On the recordApril 24, 2012
But that is not what the Ag Committee chose to do. What they chose to do was to cut food nutrition programs that will cut food assistance immediately to every single household receiving those food nutrition programs.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Criticism of cuts to food assistance programs instead of agricultural subsidies.

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