They are children. The working families in our state are going to be impacted dramatically if they lose this funding. It's going to have a dramatic impact on businesses. 20% of all the businesses in supermarkets, grocery stores across our country come from those SNAP benefits. It's going to have an impact on the food pantries that we have all across the commonwealth as well. So this is an absolute crisis that is avoidable. (07:58–08:07)
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