We would like to stop that. But I think the American people would be shocked to learn, because I was certainly shocked when I learned it a few months ago, that When we send tax dollars to the states to administer the [SNAP] program, we have no visibility into who is ultimately getting those benefits. In other words, if the state of California gives those food stamp benefits to an illegal alien, to a violent criminal, the federal government has no visibility. (33:19–33:29)
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Asserts that the federal government lacks visibility into SNAP benefit recipients.
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