Hakeem Jeffries: “They cut $186 billion from the Supplemental Nutritional…”

“Does that put more pressure on you to find some sort of agreement with Republicans? Now, let's be clear about the situation that the American people confront. As part of their one big ugly bill, They cut $186 billion from the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. That's the reason why the American people are at risk of going hungry, millions of them. And as has been the case in prior government shutdowns, the money can be found by the administration if they chose to do so.” (11:31–11:39)

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