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Jahana Hayes: “Hunger is a policy decision.”

Featuring: Jahana Hayes, Democratic | U.S. House, Connecticut, District 5

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May 13th 2024_ Congresswoman Jahana Hayes

Published | Video Starts at 15:06

So all of those bringing back work requirements for people who just making it so much more difficult for people to eat, I can tell you that Hunger is a policy decision. We in Congress vote on budgets. We vote on the line items in those budgets. Feeding people is something that we can afford to do in the United States of America. (15:06–15:09)

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Asserts that hunger is influenced by policy decisions made by Congress.

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