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Senator Markey calls President Trump not feeding hungry children a national disgrace

Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey says at a news conference on the afternoon of the 29th day of a government shutdown as the supplemental nutrition assistance program was set to lapse days later that a billionaire CEO getting $1 trillion in tax breaks meant Trump and his Republican allies were allowing babies to go hungry, Trump could find $40 billion to bail out Argentina to get a president elected but couldn't help struggling families with feeding themselves, it was a national disgrace, in Massachusetts 1.1 million people were struggling to put food on the table starting Saturday with one in six people in the state, one in three SNAP recipients being children, Stop and Shop in Malden was showing $4.29 for a gallon of store brand whole milk, $7.55 for one-pound of store brand beef, $4.99 for a dozen store brand large white eggs, with SNAP recipients getting $6 to $7 daily, cutting that off, New Bedford had half of households on SNAP with Chelsea having one in four receiving SNAP benefits, a baby crying because it wanted food had a reason.
Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey says at a news conference on the afternoon of the 29th day of a government shutdown as the supplemental nutrition assistance program was set to lapse days later that a billionaire CEO getting $1 trillion in tax breaks meant Trump and his Republican allies were allowing babies to go hungry, Trump could find $40 billion to bail out Argentina to get a president elected but couldn't help struggling families with feeding themselves, it was a national disgrace, in Massachusetts 1.1 million people were struggling to put food on the table starting Saturday with one in six people in the state, one in three SNAP recipients being children, Stop and Shop in Malden was showing $4.29 for a gallon of store brand whole milk, $7.55 for one-pound of store brand beef, $4.99 for a dozen store brand large white eggs, with SNAP recipients getting $6 to $7 daily, cutting that off, New Bedford had half of households on SNAP with Chelsea having one in four receiving SNAP benefits, a baby crying because it wanted food had a reason.
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October 29, 2025
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