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John Fetterman: “42 million Americans now not sure where their next meal is…”

Featuring: John Fetterman, Democratic | U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

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Sen. John Fetterman Explains Decision To Join Republicans To Reopen The Government | The View

Published | Video Starts at 06:32

Because I promise you, this isn't a political game. It is viewed by that, by many of us. But the reality is 42 million Americans now not sure where their next meal is going to come from. And because we vote like that, vote like that, or people that haven't been paid for five weeks now and that kinds of chaos, those workers borrow more than half a billion dollars, you know, from their credit union just to pay their bills now. (06:32–06:37)

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Asserts that 42 million Americans face food insecurity due to the government shutdown.

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