We have 8,000 people who have signed up to volunteer for the campaign, which is great. As a politician, you always want to have people volunteering. But When these food assistance programs were cut, we decided to channel all of that volunteer energy away from our campaign and into food banks all over the state of Texas. We had a bunch of Team Taller EGO volunteers at the San Antonio and Houston Food bank helping to make sure that we were taking care of our neighbors. (14:14–14:25)
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Asserts that food assistance programs were cut, prompting a redirection of campaign volunteers to food banks.
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