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Kevin Stitt: “The max you can access [from the rainy day fund] is 300…”

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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt addresses federal SNAP benefit freeze amid government shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 35:30

Well, we don't have a revenue failure. This is a federal government problem, not a state problem. And so to access that, The max you can access [from the rainy day fund] is 300 million, and it takes two thirds of a vote of a legislature. so we'd have to call people back for a special session. And then how do we actually get it delivered by November 1st on those cards, which we don't have the access to do it? (35:30–35:39)

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Asserts that accessing the rainy day fund requires a two-thirds legislative vote and is capped at 300 million.

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