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Scott DesJarlais: “What originally was a program aimed at improving the diets of low-income households has ballooned into an $80 billion a…”

On the recordJanuary 11, 2016
What originally was a program aimed at improving the diets of low-income households has ballooned into an $80 billion a year government handout.
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Scott DesJarlais
Republican · Tennessee

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DesJarlais criticizes the expansion and cost of the SNAP program.

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