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Matt Cartwright: “It is shameful when women and families go hungry in the United States of America, and I will not be part of a system…”

On the recordJune 8, 2016
It is shameful when women and families go hungry in the United States of America, and I will not be part of a system that forwards the chance that we will have that in this country.
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Matt Cartwright
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Cartwright expresses strong support for food assistance programs to combat hunger.

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