As governor, I've directed more funding to senior meals than any administration in history. And together we fought back against cuts that threatened snap. I even sued the federal administration when they stopped providing SNAP during a government shutdown. We won. And what happened? It was late at night, but our state employees came in, worked through the night so that Kentuckians would have the benefits on their cards first and would not have to go without meals. (23:51–23:57)
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Asserts that Andy Beshear sued the federal administration over SNAP benefits during a government shutdown and won.
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