And I wish I were kidding, but I'm not. Republicans already made the biggest cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in history last year. Three million Americans have already been cut off of food assistance because of your big ugly bill. And now you want to lock those cuts in for five years. Nearly $200 billion worth of cuts to a program that provides hungry seniors and veterans and kids and workers with an average benefit of a little over $2 per person per meal. (03:58–04:04)
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Asserts that three million Americans lost food assistance due to the farm bill.
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