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Back at the table this morning, congresswoman gwen moore. Your state is a key battleground just like it was in 2016. Remind our viewers how many votes Hillary Clinton lost by in 2016 and why. About 22,200 votes, but who s counting . Its really heartbreaking when you think that wisconsin used to lead and compete with minnesota for having the greatest turnout in the country. We saw a seachange in 2016 and there was a number of factors so it is hard to attribute it to one thing. We are concerned about the voter disenfranchisement that occurred. As a former state legislator, i fought strenuously with an representative scott walker who was in 2016 the governor, over voter id requirements. He finally won that battle and we had this onerous voter id requirement. That was one element we think contributed tremendously. In which counties, because when you look at the map and see all this red from 2016, in which counties do you believe there would have been higher turnout and the red would have b
Good morning, everyone and welcome back as we returned from th good morning Everyone Welcome back as we return from Holiday Season to continue ournu workno in the Economic Opportunities subcommittee without objection the chair is authorized to call for recess at anyny time todays hearing is called reviewing the resources to address veteran hunger. Im hopeful we can shed some light on an important issue for veterans around the country. This hearing will discuss department of Agriculture Programs to identify Food Insecurity among nearly 20 million veterans to provide nutrition assistance to those in need. Specifically todays hearing will focus on how veterans access nutrition resources and recent policy changes have impacted the availability of resources and how congress can more effectivelyly support public and nonpublic agencies seeking to end veteran hunger this continues the subcommittees efforts to review economic factors that contribute to suicide which we now include homelessness
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