Like the threat of eliminating SNAP benefits during a shutdown. They continue to make history for all the wrong reasons. This was the first threat of [eliminating SNAP benefits during a shutdown] since the program started. But it comes up in every room that we convene with community. From the school, nurses I've spoken to, from Boston to Somerville, Randolph, Chelsea, and everywhere in between who … (36:39–36:43)
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Asserts that the threat to eliminate SNAP benefits during a shutdown was unprecedented since the program's inception.
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