James Talarico: “They've told me about the cuts to health care and to SNAP…”

“But I, I asked repeatedly what are the issues that they're facing. And they told me about how this crazy Doge process has led to longer waits at the VA and less services, less support. They've told me about the cuts to health care and to SNAP and how that's hurt their families and other military families. And so, again, if we're going to ask our veterans to serve us, the very least we could do is serve them.” (21:50–21:58)

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