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Mark Kelly: “It will be harder for them to access school meals, which I…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Senator Mark Kelly's Plea Against Budget Cuts Impacting Arizona Families

Published | Video Starts at 07:33

If this bill passes, a bunch of these kids that I served, I think it was last weekend, they won't be eligible for these programs anymore. It will be harder for them to access school meals, which I think we all know it compromises their academic performance. That's the real cost of this legislation. It's not numbers on a spreadsheet. It's Hunger, it's illness, it's fear. (07:33–07:42)

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