06/03/2013
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"Today we will examine a Department of Agriculture proposal that will eliminate automatic access to free school meals for close to one million children and threaten their food security."
"According to the Department's own analysis released late yesterday afternoon, its proposed changes to SNAP will cut automatic access to free school meals for close to one million children."
"But is correct that 93 percent of those children would only be eligible for reduced priced meals if they apply?"
"So we have had a lot of conversations in this Committee about SNAP and school meals."