87 votes in two cases, 81 in another, will support our veterans, our troops, our farmers and rural communities of note. This package will provide full year funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC. One of the most unfortunate and shameful consequences of the shutdown has been that these vital nutrition programs were in jeopardy for our most vulnerable families, including 170,000 Mainers who rely on the SNAP program. (01:45–02:02)
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Asserts that the package provides full-year funding for SNAP and WIC programs.
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