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Debbie Stabenow: “Not when you go to the grocery store, no, that is certainly not. And then we add support for food banks. We add…”

On the recordNovember 18, 2024
Not when you go to the grocery store, no, that is certainly not. And then we add support for food banks. We add additional assistance and incentives if you are buying fresh fruits and vegetables. We do, you know, some other kinds of things, but the basic is SNAP. And going forward, we gave an update that hadn't been done in 50 years in SNAP in the last farm bill, and it added--that $6 now includes $1.35. That was an update based on cost over a 50-year basis, and that is what folks are arguing about. And going forward, CBO says there would be an update every 5 years of about 2 percent for SNAP, and that is what our Republican colleagues are fighting about.
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Debbie Stabenow
Democratic · Michigan
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Nov 18, 2024

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