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Alex Padilla: “Congressional Republicans are pushing a budget bill that…”

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Senator Alex Padilla Criticizes Republican Budget Bill for SNAP Cuts and Impact on Immigrant Communities

Published | Video Starts at 00:19

We're here today because in order to make life easier for billionaires, apparently that's an agenda item. Congressional Republicans are pushing a budget bill that would literally harm young children, would harm single mothers, would harm Americans with disabilities, would harm countless seniors. some of the most vulnerable members of our communities. And Republicans would have you believe that SNAP benefits are some sort of luxury. The way they talk about it, nobody aspires to live on food stamps. (00:19–00:33)

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