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Jeb Hensarling: Approximately one in six is on food stamps and almost 15 percent live in poverty.

On the recordFebruary 9, 2016
Approximately one in six is on food stamps and almost 15 percent live in poverty.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Hensarling points out the high rates of food stamp reliance and poverty.

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