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Rosa DeLauro: “It is a lie, it is misinformation that we have to reopen the…”

Featuring: Rosa DeLauro, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 3rd Congressional District

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Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez Grills Republicans on the Rising Price of Obamacare

Published | Video Starts at 16:30

I would also like to just say that I am really, I'm really tired and quite honestly, fed up. It is a lie, it is misinformation that we have to reopen the government in order for there to be SNAP benefits. to go to families. $6 billion in a contingency fund, which we voted for. Read the bill, understand what you did in the bill and know what you did. (16:30–16:40)

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Asserts that reopening the government is not necessary for SNAP benefits to be distributed.

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