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Mark Pocan: “99.9% of that food we were sending as aid overseas comes…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Rep. Mark Pocan talks Democrats walking out of Trump's speech of lies.

Published | Video Starts at 10:15

And today the Supreme Court, by the way, did the right thing. You know, they voted against his cuts to the sending aid overseas, which, by the way, food comes from places like Wisconsin. 99.9% of that food we were sending as aid overseas comes from places like my district. I'm hearing from farmers who that was, who their customer was, was the federal government sending it to other countries. And now that's a ripple effect. (10:15–10:20)

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Asserts that nearly all food aid sent overseas originates from districts like Mark Pocan's.

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