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Edward Markey: “Half of all households [in New Bedford] are on SNAP.”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Published | Video Starts at 08:49

And all a SNAP recipient gets is six to seven dollars a day. That's it. And they're going to cut that off. In New Bedford, it is. Half of all households [in New Bedford] are on SNAP. In Chelsea, one in four people receive SNAP benefits and that's people who have real needs that have to be met for their families. (08:49–08:52)

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Asserts that 50% of households in New Bedford receive SNAP benefits.

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