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Mike Johnson: “The contingency fund only has roughly 5 billion and it costs…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 35 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 37:45

And so the courts have ordered that. They filed a brief yesterday or some response yesterday in the court that they'll give as much as is there. Remember, The contingency fund only has roughly 5 billion and it costs roughly 9 billion for a month of SNAP benefits. So I think the arrangement is they're going to give half, at least half to everyone. But here's the problem, it's very complex, is that it's administered through the states and you have to recalculate all the allocations and how the checks go. (37:45–37:52)

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Asserts that the SNAP contingency fund has $5 billion, but $9 billion is needed monthly.

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