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Jeff Merkley: “We might think of hunger as kind of a temporary discomfort, something you get through, but my understanding is, when…”

On the recordJuly 1, 2020
We might think of hunger as kind of a temporary discomfort, something you get through, but my understanding is, when children are hungry, when they don't have the basic nutrients on a regular basis, it damages the development of the mind. Is that something you heard?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon
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Jul 1, 2020

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