We appropriated that money for this purpose. The White House must spend it. And what they are doing right now, blocking these funds from growing out, is illegal. As a matter of fact, On October 1st, they took $750 million from this fund to deal with paying benefits in Puerto Rico and providing administrative costs to other states. So they acknowledge that this fund can be used in order to deal with SNAP benefits. (04:56–05:10)
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Asserts that $750 million was taken from the SNAP contingency fund for Puerto Rico and other states.
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