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Josh Brecheen: “We're spending 60 billion a year on the obesity related…”

Featuring: Josh Brecheen, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 2nd Congressional District

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Congressman Brecheen March Telephone Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 16:56

And that's happened. And so you gotta have people stand on courage and say look, We're spending 60 billion a year on the obesity related epidemic that we're compounding just on the food stamp program. One in eight people are on food stamps. One in four people are on Medicaid in this country. (16:56–17:02)

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Asserts that $60 billion is spent annually on obesity-related issues linked to the food stamp program.

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