That's not available to them, not in this economy. And there's not $12,000 less that you can spend somewhere. And in the middle of this, even though The United States Department of Agriculture, in their initial shutdown guidance said... we've got $5 billion in contingency funds. and those resources are available to keep people getting their nutritional assistance, their SNAP benefits. And then abruptly, like four or five days ago, they just, like, changed their guidance. (05:24–05:33)
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Asserts that the USDA initially stated they have $5 billion in contingency funds.
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