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Mike Conaway: If I have one critique of the program, it is that the benefit is not adequate to meet a family's needs.

On the recordSeptember 14, 2015
If I have one critique of the program, it is that the benefit is not adequate to meet a family's needs.
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Mike Conaway
Texas

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Critiquing the adequacy of SNAP benefits for families.

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