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Angie Craig: “They have the money and the authority to fund snap.”

Featuring: Angie Craig, Democratic | U.S. House Minnesota, 2nd Congressional District

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Angie Craig Accuses Trump Admin Of Using Food Insecurity As 'Bargaining Chip' In Govt. Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 03:48

I'm calling on my Republican colleagues to speak up to your friends in this administration and at the USDA and deliver a simple message. They have the money and the authority to fund snap. Hungry Americans are not poker chips. Their health and well being are not to be gambled with. (03:48–03:53)

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Asserts that the administration has the money and authority to fund SNAP.

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