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Abigail Spanberger: “The realities of this crisis are that parents must make difficult decisions about what to forego to feed their children…”

On the recordMarch 10, 2021
The realities of this crisis are that parents must make difficult decisions about what to forego to feed their children, and recently unemployed people are experiencing hunger, sometimes for the first time.
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Abigail Spanberger
Democratic · Virginia

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Spanberger discusses the tough choices families face regarding food during the crisis.

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