Roughly 807,000 Texans were on WIC this past year, with Dallas being one of the largest service areas. In fact, when you look at our district, 41,400 people are eligible for WIC [in our district]. And it's also ranked 10th in the country for WIC income eligible children. WIC was operating off of $150 million emergency reserve fund to keep the program going while Republicans refused to act and address the government shutdown. (20:20–20:27)
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Asserts that 41,400 people in the district are eligible for WIC.
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