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Sheila Jackson Lee: Fifty four million Americans are food insecure. I've been home for two days, and I've been in more than one food…

On the recordDecember 22, 2020
Fifty four million Americans are food insecure. I've been home for two days, and I've been in more than one food giveaway and we will be going to one tomorrow and people are lined up. They are hungry.
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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Sheila Jackson Lee highlights the issue of food insecurity in America during the pandemic.

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