Edward Markey: “One in three SNAP recipients in Massachusetts is a child.”

“In Boston, that's one in five. As the mayor said, 120,000 people out of 700,000 people tomorrow in Boston will begin to struggle to put food on their tables. One in three SNAP recipients in Massachusetts is a child. One child left hungry is unacceptable. We are going to have across our state 352,000 children who will not have foods upon their table. That is immoral. That begins tomorrow.” (05:14–05:19)

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