Families stood in pantry lines. Families are still standing in food pantry lines in the month of November, the month of Thanksgiving, because SNAP benefits were expired and this administration chose to use them as pawns in this game. Capitol Police officers, members of the military, my staff, all of our staff, and millions of other federal workers had to deal with the uncertainty and the stresses of missing, missing paychecks. (21:22–21:28)
CLAIM
Asserts that the administration used expired SNAP benefits as leverage.
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