Lisa Davis

Feeding America

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Senior Vice President for Government Relations at Feeding America, the hunger relief charity which runs a network of food banks across the country

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Families with children, the elderly and the disabled are feeling the first cut ever in the Food Stamp program.

Food Stamps and the Politics of Hunger

Families with children, the elderly and the disabled are feeling the first cut ever in the Food Stamp program.

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