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Brian Schatz: “We could help to provide healthy meals to women, infants…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Schatz Condemns Trump's $1 Billion Ballroom Funding Request As Americans Struggle With Rising Costs

Published | Video Starts at 00:16

With a billion dollars, we could cover out of pocket costs for insulin for every person in the state who relies on it for almost 20 years. We could help to provide healthy meals to women, infants, and children in need for almost 40 years [with a billion dollars]. We could cover the cost of child care for nearly every child under three in Hawaii for an entire year. (00:16–00:24)

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Asserts that a billion dollars could fund healthy meals for women, infants, and children in Hawaii for 40 years.

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