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Congressional out of poverty caucus. and neera tanden. do you think that the conversation, the policy conversation in washington is too backwards focused in terms of fighting off these cuts and too narrow in terms of how we're thinking about solutions? >> well, chris, we have to play offense and defense. last year, we celebrated 50 years of the war on poverty. we had lynda johnson-robb and came and talked about how head-start, job corps, food stamps, medicaid, how all these great initiatives during her father and mother's time were still appropriate today. thank you, maria, for continuing with...

Talking to real people. >> senator kirsten gillibrand of new york. thank you so much. >> thank you. joining us now, congresswoman barbara lee, democrat from california. co-founder and co-chair of the congressional out of poverty caucus. and neera tanden. do you think that the conversation, the policy conversation in washington is too backwards focused in terms of fighting off these cuts and too narrow in terms of how we're thinking about solutions? >> well, chris, we have to play offense and defense. last year, we celebrated 50 years of the war on poverty. we had linda robb and came and talk...

California and co-founder of the out of poverty caucus. she organized the snap challenge to ask congress to pledge to eat on a budget of less than $5 a day. when in your life did you use the snap program and what did it mean to you? >> i'm glad you're covering this. this is so important to many members of our country. in the early '70s, i had some difficult times, i was raising two small children as a single mother. there was nowhere to turn, but thank god for the food stamp program, and i am deeply grateful to the american people for extending that helping hand. everyone has hard times every ...

12% more. he had a full belly with a few bucks to spare. let's keep in mind who is beneficialing from snap. it's based on total gross household income. to qualify a family of four cannot exceed 29,976 a year, which calls 2,498 a month. subtract 949 for a typical two bedroom apartment. another 1,066 in child care costs. you're left with $483 for everything for the month. car insurance, gas, electric and phone bills, heat, clothes, incidentals and groceries. i'd like to see mr. ferguson manage that challenge for a whole year and then tell me how well he ate. joining me now is congresswoman barba...