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Tony Hall: “Unlike the House bill, the Senate bill creates over $1.2 billion in new mandatory spending, offset by administrative…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 1998
Unlike the House bill, the Senate bill creates over $1.2 billion in new mandatory spending, offset by administrative savings from the food stamp program. Programs to be funded with those savings, however worthy, should not take precedence over feeding hungry people. The food stamp program has already been drastically cut, and it is only fair that a substantial share of any food stamp savings should be reinvested in addressing the critical food and nutrition needs, in particular restoring food stamp benefits to vulnerable groups of legal immigrants, including the elderly, the handicapped and families with children.
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Tony Hall
Ohio
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Addressing concerns about food stamp funding during a debate on a Senate bill.

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