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On the recordMay 6, 2014
Can you assure us that the healthy food financing initiative will be administered in such a way that can get to all of these communities?
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Gillibrand questions the implementation of the initiative to ensure it reaches all communities in need.

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