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Jim McGovern: “Hunger is getting worse in this country. Food insecurity is…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 12:01

But the average SNAP benefit is about $2 per person per meal, you know, and that's the benefit you're going after. And again, already people are losing their benefit. Hunger is getting worse in this country. Food insecurity is getting worse in this country. It is also a health care issue, which means more cost for our medical institutions. So nothing in this at all addresses any of that. (12:01–12:06)

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Asserts that hunger and food insecurity are worsening in the United States.

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