It's a program on the Department of Agriculture that provides nutrition, breastfeeding support, health, education and other services free of charge to pregnant women, mothers and infants and kids up to 5 years old. WIC is funded through the discretionary appropriations process, meaning the government shutdown could affect WIC. 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. (20:05–20:12)
CLAIM
Asserts that the WIC program is vulnerable to impacts from a government shutdown.
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