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Where their next meal is going to come from. we should all be ashamed of that. i tell people all the time, hunger is a political condition. we have food, we have resources, we have everything but the political will. maybe this latest controversial will help generate the political will so that washington will finally do something more permanent. >> let's talk about specifics here because the average recipient is seeing about $90 per less a month, but in your state, a family with young kids could get as much as $220 less a month. what are you proposing to helping millions of people who say i'm a...

Banks. thank you for being here and what you do, julia. great to have you from a food bank. the economy is great what you hear from president biden. they say the economy is strong. what do you see there as these covid-related food benefits will unwind this month? >> you know, texas our unemployment rate is at an all-time low but the cost of living is at an all-time high especially with the four basic necessities, rent, utilities, gasoline for your car and food. in fact, food is a leader in inflationary rates today and so that's really impacting our families that rely on federal support such as...

A bill aims to help the 24% of troops who the Defense Department reported lack consistent access to enough food by eliminating an income barrier some of them face when trying to qualify for food stamps.

Has been impacting our ability to be helpful. one of the things that people have told us that they want is that they want more access to food. we are proposing there will be additional foods for the emergency food system. but there will be more provided food through the snap program. for every one year our extraordinary charitable food system can provide, snap can provide nine. we should make it easier to get access to snap. they've said there are all kinds of hoops they have to jump through and they are they are falling through the cracks. we can do something about that. except they want choi...

We'll let jewelry. you don't have s to keep your hair out of the way so that gear doesn't snag on it. that's fine. wear a ponytail. that's okay. you need an exemption for this. an exemption for that. this doesn't make you a bad person, but it can make youtimet a bad soldier. it can't make yohau someone that sticks out in the time that you're in the military.nd you should want to blend in and be another cog in that machine. and that's all.'s that's how you h becomow youe ae something bigger than yourself. and we're going to ask our citizens to join this military and then say, and you might not ...