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Jim McGovern: “Because of this administration's cruel cuts to food…”

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

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Their markets have vanished because you illegally halted the local food procurement programs in some states. They can't even call their local USDA offices because some of them have been closed. And Because of this administration's cruel cuts to food assistance, many people in my community can no longer afford to buy fresh and local produce. People are tired of the gaudy ballrooms and the slush funds and the, you know, and the corruption that is on display before their very eyes. (01:04–01:15)

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Asserts that cuts to food assistance have impacted the ability to buy fresh produce.

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