WANT AND TALK ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANT, ANY ASPECT OF THIS
WANT, ANY ASPECT OF THIS PANDEMIC, ANY ASPECT THAT YOU
PANDEMIC, ANY ASPECT THAT YOU WANT.
WANT. HOW DO YOU CHOOSE THIS AND HOW
HOW DO YOU CHOOSE THIS AND HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO FOCUS ON
DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO FOCUS ON THIS PROBLEM WHEN THEY’RE HOME
THIS PROBLEM WHEN THEY’RE HOME WITH THEIR DOORS CLOSED JUST
WITH THEIR DOORS CLOSED JUST WORRIED ABOUT THEIR OWN HEALTH
WORRIED ABOUT THEIR OWN HEALTH AND SAFETY, EVEN THOUGH THEY
AND SAFETY, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT AND SO MANY
HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT AND SO MANY OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE COMING AT
OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE COMING AT THEM IN THIS?
THEM IN THIS? IF THIS WAS HAPPENING ALONE AS A
IF THIS WAS HAPPENING ALONE AS A PHENOMENON IN THIS COUNTRY, IT
PHENOMENON IN THIS COUNTRY, IT WOULD BE GETTING ALL OF OUR
WOULD BE GETTING ALL OF OUR ATTENTION.
ATTENTION. HOW DO YOU GET THE ATTENTION
HOW DO YOU GET THE ATTENTION THAT IT NEEDS?
THAT IT NEEDS? >> I THINK YOU SAID IT WELL
>> I THINK YOU SAID IT WELL INTRODUCING THIS SEGMENT.
INTRODUCING THIS SEGMENT. IF YOU DON’T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD IN
IF YOU DON’T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD IN YOUR SYSTEM, THEN THE HEALTH
YOUR SYSTEM, THEN THE HEALTH CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE AMIDST
CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE AMIDST THIS PANDEMIC, YOUR JOB CONCERNS
THIS PANDEMIC, YOUR JOB CONCERNS YOU HAVE WITH THIS HISTORIC
YOU HAVE WITH THIS HISTORIC ECONOMIC CONTRACTION, YOU’RE
ECONOMIC CONTRACTION, YOU’RE ABILITY TO PROVIDE FOR YOURSELF
ABILITY TO PROVIDE FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY TO MAKE SURE
AND YOUR FAMILY TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE HEALTHY TO GO OUT AND
THEY ARE HEALTHY TO GO OUT AND FIND ANOTHER JOB DOWN THE ROAD,
FIND ANOTHER JOB DOWN THE ROAD, THAT IS COMPROMISED IF YOU
THAT IS COMPROMISED IF YOU CANNOT PUT ENOUGH CALORIES IN
CANNOT PUT ENOUGH CALORIES IN YOUR SYSTEM TO SURVIVE.
YOUR SYSTEM TO SURVIVE. BUT MOST ALARMING OF ALL ARE
BUT MOST ALARMING OF ALL ARE THOSE LITTLE KIDS THAT MOTHERS
THOSE LITTLE KIDS THAT MOTHERS ACROSS AMERICA ARE TELLING US
ACROSS AMERICA ARE TELLING US ARE NOT GETTING FOOD THEY NEED.
ARE NOT GETTING FOOD THEY NEED. THAT WILL STUNT THEIR
THAT WILL STUNT THEIR DEVELOPMENT, THEIR GROWTH, THEIR
DEVELOPMENT, THEIR GROWTH, THEIR POTENTIAL, THEIR OPPORTUNITIES
POTENTIAL, THEIR OPPORTUNITIES DOWN THE ROAD AND BY EXTENSION,
DOWN THE ROAD AND BY EXTENSION, IT WILL STUNT OUR GROWTH AND OUR
IT WILL STUNT OUR GROWTH AND OUR OPPORTUNITIES AS A COUNTRY.
OPPORTUNITIES AS A COUNTRY. YOU KNOW, I WAS SEEING THIS
YOU KNOW, I WAS SEEING THIS CRISIS DEVELOP IN EL PASO AND
CRISIS DEVELOP IN EL PASO AND ACROSS TEXAS AND THEN MATT
ACROSS TEXAS AND THEN MATT RUSSELL WHO IS A FARMER IN IOWA
RUSSELL WHO IS A FARMER IN IOWA AND BOB LEONARD WHO IS A
AND BOB LEONARD WHO IS A REPORTER THAT COVERS RURAL
REPORTER THAT COVERS RURAL COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THAT
COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THAT STATE REACHED OUT TO ME AND TOLD
STATE REACHED OUT TO ME AND TOLD ME FARMERS ARE PLOWING THEIR
ME FARMERS ARE PLOWING THEIR PRODUCE BACK INTO THE FIELD.
PRODUCE BACK INTO THE FIELD. DAIRY FARMERS ARE DUFFERMPING MI
DAIRY FARMERS ARE DUFFERMPING MI INSTEAD OF GETTING IT OUT AND
INSTEAD OF GETTING IT OUT AND YOU HAVE LINES PEOPLE ARE
YOU HAVE LINES PEOPLE ARE WAITING HOURS LONG TO GET HELP
WAITING HOURS LONG TO GET HELP AND THEY HIT UPON THIS IDEA,
AND THEY HIT UPON THIS IDEA, WHAT IF YOU JUST EXPANDED THE
WHAT IF YOU JUST EXPANDED THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSIST
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSIST ASSISTANCE PROGRAM KNOWN AS SNAP
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM KNOWN AS SNAP OR FOOD STAMPS AND MAKE SURE
OR FOOD STAMPS AND MAKE SURE MORE PEOPLE COULD GO TO A
MORE PEOPLE COULD GO TO A GROCERY STORE, WHICH IS ALREADY
GROCERY STORE, WHICH IS ALREADY FIGURED OUT THE LOGISTICS OF
FIGURED OUT THE LOGISTICS OF GETTING FOOD FROM THE FARM TO
GETTING FOOD FROM THE FARM TO THE WAREHOUSE, TO THE STORE AND
THE WAREHOUSE, TO THE STORE AND INTO PEOPLE’S SHOPPING CARTS AND
INTO PEOPLE’S SHOPPING CARTS AND INTO THEIR HOMES AND STOMACHS
INTO THEIR HOMES AND STOMACHS INSTEAD OF MAKING PEOPLE WAIT IN
INSTEAD OF MAKING PEOPLE WAIT IN THESE HUMILIATINGLY LONG LINES
THESE HUMILIATINGLY LONG LINES AND PUTTING ALL THIS PRESSURE ON
AND PUTTING ALL THIS PRESSURE ON FOOD BANKS WHO ARE SEEING
FOOD BANKS WHO ARE SEEING EXTRAORDINARY DEMAND IN EL PASO,
EXTRAORDINARY DEMAND IN EL PASO, DEMAND HAS INCREASED 400% AT THE
DEMAND HAS INCREASED 400% AT THE FOOD BANK IN THIS COMMONTY.
FOOD BANK IN THIS COMMONTY. THEY JUST WERE NOT BUILT FOR
THEY JUST WERE NOT BUILT FOR THIS AND CHARITY ALONE WON’T
THIS AND CHARITY ALONE WON’T SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
SOLVE THE PROBLEM. SO A SNAP PROGRAM THAT NOW COSTS
SO A SNAP PROGRAM THAT NOW COSTS US THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER $60
US THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER $60 BILLION TO EXPAND THAT TO MAKE
BILLION TO EXPAND THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WHO IS
SURE THAT EVERYONE WHO IS UNEMPLOYED IS ELIGIBLE TO EXPAND
UNEMPLOYED IS ELIGIBLE TO EXPAND IT TO INCLUDE THE UNDOCUMENTED
IT TO INCLUDE THE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WHO AS YOU KNOW,
IMMIGRANTS WHO AS YOU KNOW, LAWRENCE, ARE BY AND LARGE THE
LAWRENCE, ARE BY AND LARGE THE ONES PICKING OUR FOOD IN THE
ONES PICKING OUR FOOD IN THE FIELDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN
FIELDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PUT DINNER ON THE TABLE FOR OUR
PUT DINNER ON THE TABLE FOR OUR FAMILIES, TO EXPAND IT FOR THE
FAMILIES, TO EXPAND IT FOR THE LENGTH OF THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
LENGTH OF THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN AND NOT JUST THE HEALTH CARE
AND NOT JUST THE HEALTH CARE CRISIS IS MORALLY THE RIGHT
CRISIS IS MORALLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
THING TO DO. IT’S IN OUR OWN SELF-INTEREST
IT’S IN OUR OWN SELF-INTEREST AND WE THE WEALTHIEST, THE MOST
