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Intentional. it comes from this sort of i think outdated conservative ideology that people are trying to game the system. when the fact is that the system is already rigged against these people. we still haven't passed a $15 minimum wage. which reasonable people have concluded still would not be enough to afford the cost of living, especially in districts like my own like places like new york and california. so this is something that we need to do. i'm so grateful to be joined by colleagues like katie porter and others across the democratic ideologic spectrum. you know, we signed a letter sign...

37 milli 47 million to rely on this to make ends meet. >> congress cut snap by billions of dollars, everyone on the program received a cut, and food prices continue to rise. i think the democrats need to take more leadership on this issue. i've been asking the white house to do a white house conference on food, nutrition and hunger to come up with a road map to end hunger in america. not just about if wic or snap or school feeding programs, there's a lolt of other things we need to do like insist people who work don't have to live in poverty. we need to take greater leadership on this and my h...

Of -- >> what is in the farm bill that could be cut. given apparently that's what's going to have to happen, something is going to have to be cut. are there other possibilities. >> i would argue there's lots of fraud, waste and abuse in the crop insurance program. we ought to go after that. i had an amendment that says you can't cut snap until the error rate of crop insurance equals that of the lower roar rate of snap. at that failed, unfortunately. there are subsidies that could be looked at. the notion that you got to balance the budget on the backs of the poor basically saying we're going t...