This is the same program that feeds more than 42 million people in America. That includes 16 million children, 4 million people with disabilities and 1 million veterans. As the Senator spoke to here in Massachusetts, Over a million residents [in Massachusetts] rely on SNAP to put food on the table. More than half of those cases are right here in Greater Boston in the Massachusetts 7th congressional district. Again, we already had a crisis. (15:03–15:08)
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Asserts the number of Massachusetts residents relying on SNAP.
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