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Chuck Schumer: “Meals on wheels and [food] pantry [are] being cut.”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Chuck Shumer Addresses Trump's blocked federal funding pause

Published | Video Starts at 39:18

What are they noticing? They're noticing health care and housing for seniors and veterans being cut. Funding for hospitals and community health centers being cut. Meals on wheels and [food] pantry [are] being cut. School meal programs being cut. Tax relief for families, veterans and retirement being cut. Police and firefighting funding being cut. Funding for the HIDA program, which Martin mentioned. (39:18)

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Asserts that funding for Meals on Wheels and food pantries is being reduced.

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