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Chris Van Hollen: “Republicans [are] depriving 40 million Americans of food…”

Featuring: Chris Van Hollen, Democratic | U.S. Senate Maryland

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Published | Video Starts at 19:58

They know what congressional intent is they know they've got the money and they are choosing not to use it for this purpose. So this is a sadistic policy being imposed by Russ Vote and Donald Trump and Republicans [are] depriving 40 million Americans of food nutrition assistance to keep paying for their billionaire buddies tax cuts. I looked up in Webster's the definition of sadism, and the definition is to delight in cruelty. That's really sick. But that's exactly what Donald Trump and Russ Vote and Republicans are doing. (19:58–22:18)

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Asserts that Republicans are depriving 40 million Americans of food assistance to fund tax cuts for billionaires.

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