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. Now, just last Friday, we learned that Another 300 million was going to be put into the WIC fund. The Agriculture Department staff have stated stated that this additional $300 million is now expected to keep WIC afloat for the rest of October. (20:46–20:50)
CLAIM
Asserts that an additional $300 million was allocated to the WIC fund.
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