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Emily Berge: “The November allocation of food benefits will not be coming…”

Featuring: Emily Berge, Democratic | Former Candidate, Wisconsin State Assembly District 68

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Published | Video Starts at 08:15

So this is cuts from the big beautiful bill that Derek Van Orden voted for, which he said he would not cut SNAP benefits. And then now with the shutdown, The November allocation of food benefits will not be coming forth [due to the shutdown]. So I've talked to a few people that are directly impacted by that, but a lot of people are just concerned about our community and people that won't be having food and children will be going hungry. (08:15–08:23)

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Asserts that the November allocation of food benefits will not be distributed due to the government shutdown.

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