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Steve Scalise: “Starting this weekend, over 1.3 million enrollees in SNAP in…”

Featuring: Steve Scalise, Republican | House Majority Leader, U.S. House Louisiana, District 1

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Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 30 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 20:19

And so I'm going to try to find five Democrat senators. It's all we need is five. So let's start with Jon Ossoff in Georgia. Starting this weekend, over 1.3 million enrollees in SNAP in [Senator Ossoff's] home state of Georgia lose their benefits. 1.3 million. Senator, what are you going to tell those families if you vote no today? If you vote to take their food away this weekend? That's what your vote means today. (20:19–20:30)

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