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Mark Pocan: “The food assistance from SNAP. It's $6.20 a day a person in…”

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

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Congressman Mark Pocan Discusses Trump's National Guard Deployment and the Impact of the Billionaires' Bill

Published | Video Starts at 09:10

But the fact that they lowered that from 18 to 8 says a whole lot about their pro family agenda. So is that the actual dollar amount? It's $6.20. That's The food assistance from SNAP. It's $6.20 a day a person in food assistance. I did the SNAP challenge when I was a freshman back when it was 3150 for the week. So a little less, but $11 less, right? Not that much less. (09:10–09:16)

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