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Jim McGovern: “The average price of a pound of ground beef is now higher…”

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

Republicans Try to Push Through POISONOUS Farm Bill in the DEAD OF NIGHT

Published April 30, 2026 | Video Starts at 02:05

People don't want to be on snap. We're talking about six bucks a day, for God's sake. And they need help because we have a broken economic system. They need help because The average price of a pound of ground beef is now higher than the hourly federal minimum wage. They need help because our tax system rewards wealth instead of workers. They need help because grocery prices are too damn high. And Trump's war and his tariffs are making them worse. (02:05–02:13)

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Asserts that ground beef costs more than the federal minimum wage per hour.

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“Trump's war and his tariffs are making [grocery prices] worse.”
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“The way [the bill] is written, it is insufficient to meet the needs of our farmers and it is insufficient to deal with a rising hunger…”
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“This farm bill makes hunger worse. It means more kids go to bed without food.”
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