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Mark Pocan: “SNAP program... $180 billion plus cut to it is going to…”

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

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 41 Answering your Questions

Published | Video Starts at 05:44

I just talked to one Madison employer this month who told me that their group rate increase for next year is 41% because of that big ugly law, food assistance. We know that the number one program keeping kids out of poverty is the SNAP program... $180 billion plus cut to it is going to greatly affect people. And that's, that's a huge problem. We know there's cuts to education. We haven't really talked much about that to financial aid. (05:44–31:32)

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