So if we're spending, you know, an extra billion dollars on something that's a billion, that is wasteful. Waste, fraud, abuse, corruption. That's a billion dollars that can't be applied to veterans. And When we spend these billions of dollars on SNAP benefits fraudulently, that's a dollar that can't be provided to a hungry child. or a senior or a formerly incarcerated person to get job training so that they don't go back to jail. And I volunteer to be on the SNAP subcommittee on ag. (14:25–14:37)
CLAIM
Asserts that fraudulent spending on SNAP benefits diverts funds from needy children.
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