Hakeem Jeffries: “Congress already allocated that money. They're making an…”

“… Republican decision not to spend the emergency funds that Congress already allocated because the Trump administration has the money to ensure that not a single person in America goes hungry. Congress already allocated that money. They're making an affirmative decision to rip snap benefits away from the American people as a pressure tactic. That's what Mike Johnson said earlier today, and we reject that. And Republicans are hurting their own people. Louisiana is a top five state that will be hurt as it relates to causing people throughout this country to go hungry.” (14:12–14:22)

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