And that is a fateful deadline for a number of reasons, starting on Saturday. Let me give you a list of things that this means for the American people. It means that tens of millions of American families will struggle to keep food on the table because the SNAP program benefits will run dry. It means that WIC assistance, that's Women, Infants and Children, the nutrition programs, will be at risk of running dry. It means that Head Start centers, which serve 60,000 children nationwide, will be at risk of closure. (00:50–01:00)
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Asserts that the shutdown will cause SNAP benefits to run out, affecting millions of families.
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