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THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS
DELIVERING ON ITS PROMISE TO
REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
RELIANT ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
(--DANIELLA--)YESTERDAY THE US
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ANNOUNCED IT HAS FINALIZE NEW
WORK REQUIREMENT RULES THAT
SHOULD END FOOD STAMP
ELIGIBILITY FOR NEARLY 700,000
AMERICANS. (--DEREK--)RAQUEL
MARTIN SAT DOWN WITH THE USDA
DEPUTY SECRETARY ABOUT THE
RULE, AND HAS
MORE.THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
IS MOVING AHEAD WITH NEW FOOD
STAMP WORK REQUIREMENTS....T
HAT COULD STRIP FOOD
ASSISTANCE FROM NEARLY 700
THOUSAND AMERICANS.SOME
DEMOCRATS ON CAPITOL HILL ARE
OUTRAGED.<Sen. Sherrod Brown
(D-OH)>"Frankly they should be
ashamed of themselves"SENATOR
SHERROD BROWN SAYS IT'S AN
ATTACK ON THE COUNTRY'S
POOREST CITIZENS.<Sen. Sherrod
Brown (D-OH)>"Thousands of
people who mostly have jobs
that are working 9-10 dollars
an hour will lose some of the
help they get to feed their
families"çSTAND UPÑTHE RULE
CHANGE WILL AFFECT ABLE BODIED
MEN AND WOMEN BETWEEN 18-49
WHO DON'T HAVE CHILDREN .THE
RULE RESTRICTS THE ABILITY OF
STATES TO EXTEND BENEFITS
BEYOND 90 DAYS... FOR THOSE
WHO DON'T WORK AT LEAST 20
HOURS A WEEKBRANDON LIPPS WHO
OVERSEES THE FOOD STAMP
PROGRAM AT THE U-S DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE SAYS THE SAFETY
NET IS STILL THERE<Brandon
Lipps:USDA>"States have the
chance to exempt 12 percent of
their population, individuals
don't have to go to work
tomorrow they can get 3 months
of benefits without any
requirement and at the point
they just have to begin
volunteering"HE SAYS THE
ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO
MOTIVATE AMERICANS TO FIND
JOBS...<Brandon Lipps:USDA
"This is about believing in
the power of individuals to to
move to work"<Stacey Dean:
Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities>"That's really
diffuclt if you're homeless or
don't have a car'"STACEY DEAN
WITH THE CENTER ON BUDGET AND
POLICY PRIORITIES HAS BEEN
WORKING ON FOOD STAMP POLICY
FOR DECADES.<Stacey Dean:
Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities>"I think we should
be doubling down on improving
that program and other key
work supports not weakening
the safety net"THE NEW RULES
WILL GO INTO AFFECT APRIL
FIRST. IN WASHINGTON, RAQUEL
MARTIN.LAST YEAR CONGRESS
TRIED TO PASS A SIMILAR WORK
REQUIREMENT RULE BUT IT FAILED
WITH BOTH DEMOCRATS AN
REPUBLICANS VOTING AGAINST IT.
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