… up to the special interests and protect seniors in nursing homes and pregnant mothers on Medicaid and children who risk going to school hungry every single day in this country. One in five children in the wealthiest nation on the planet already food insecure. And with these snap cuts, this body is about to make it worse. And so, surrounded by clergy of many faith traditions, yesterday I prayed that we would have the courage. (05:25–05:32)
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Reiterates that one in five children in the U.S. are food insecure.
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