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Raphael Warnock: “There were challenges to the SNAP program, which provides…”

Featuring: Raphael Warnock, Democratic | U.S. Senate Georgia

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Raphael Warnock Discusses Activism, Governance, and Peacebuilding at US Institute of Peace Event

Published | Video Starts at 08:43

I was a preacher and an activist, and we were busy giving the richest of the richest of the rich in our country a $2 trillion tax cut. Meanwhile, we were. There were challenges to the SNAP program, which provides nutrition assistance to people who are on the margins. And so I remember going to the Capitol and saying that a budget is not just a fiscal document, it's a moral document. (08:43–08:51)

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