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Chellie Pingree: “School lunch programs and food banks have been cut.”

Featuring: Chellie Pingree, Democratic | U.S. House Maine, 1st Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 02:28

That's a huge cut. We already talked about the CFSP program. That's commodity packages for seniors. They're cutting $460 million there. That's less fresh fruits and healthy foods for seniors. School lunch programs and food banks have been cut. because you decimated the LFPA and LFPs program. That's down 6,660 million on local food for schools, 500 million in local food purchasing agreement. (02:28–02:31)

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Asserts reductions in funding for school lunch programs and food banks.

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