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Kirsten Gillibrand: “It is so frustrating to me as someone who fights for SNAP benefits every year that there seems to be a disconnect, a…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2017
It is so frustrating to me as someone who fights for SNAP benefits every year that there seems to be a disconnect, a real disconnect, of who actually receives SNAP benefits.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand highlights the misunderstanding of SNAP beneficiaries in Congress.

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