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Edward Markey: “The value of a SNAP benefit [is] $6 a day.”

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

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Senator Markey Speaks at Mayor Wu's Press Conference on SNAP Benefits During Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 07:05

With more than 2/3 of those people from communities of color disproportionately affects black and brown people. In our state, in Boston and across our country, disproportionately, two thirds of those come from the black. And The value of a SNAP benefit [is] $6 a day. That's all we are talking about. That is Donald Trump's America today. Trillions in tax breaks for billionaires are not $6 for someone to be able to buy enough food to make it through a day. (07:05–07:10)

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