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Jasmine Crockett: “SNAP is literally short for Supplemental Nutrition…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Published | Video Starts at 01:19

Or those people that are relying on things such as SNAP benefits, the amount of people that are going to go hungry. Unfortunately, we have a hunger issue in this country in the first place. And SNAP is literally short for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Right. It is supplemental. And the way that the federal government sees that is that $6 a day is enough to supplement you per person. And we know in reality that it's not. So the idea that you would go through and you would, like, gut critical things, things that literally people rely on to … (01:19–01:35)

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Asserts that the federal government considers $6 a day sufficient for SNAP benefits per person.

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