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Jim McGovern: “48 million Americans are food insecure, including 14 million…”

Featuring: Jim McGovern, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 2nd Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 11:59

They're going up. And by the way, you know, hunger, I should point out to the gentlelady, is getting worse in this country. It's getting worse. 48 million Americans are food insecure, including 14 million kids. That is what Republican economic policies have done. It is a national catastrophe. And this Republican Congress is doing everything it can to make hunger even worse. (11:59–12:05)

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