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Shelley Moore Capito: “18% of our households [in West Virginia] have a SNAP…”

Featuring: Shelley Moore Capito, Republican | U.S. Senate West Virginia

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SAP benefits, air traffic controllers, military, government services, etc. And so now that we're into 29 days, it is really beginning to wear on the American people. So you take my state of West Virginia. 18% of our households [in West Virginia] have a SNAP benefit. I think about the young mother who has a single mother with children. That's a frightening prospect to think that she wouldn't have the money to feed her children or a disabled or elderly couple. (02:33–02:37)

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Asserts that 18% of households in West Virginia receive SNAP benefits.

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