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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

New York U.S. Rep Grace Meng: "There have been over 2k instances of SNAP benefit theft this year & have resulted in thousands of dollars..."

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Grace Meng tweeted the following:

"There have been over 2k instances of SNAP benefit theft this year & have resulted in thousands of dollars being stolen from EBT cards.
I am proud to announce, with @NydiaVelazquez, two years of benefit reimbursement for people that had funds stolen on or after Oct. 1, 2022. 1/2"
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Here are other recent tweets from Grace Meng:

"The reimbursements, included in the annual federal government spending package, also includes some EBT card security measures to protect the most vulnerable families from other bad actors and fraudsters. 2/2"
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"Access to the internet is crucial for helping our kids learn and complete assignments and we cannot roll back the progress we have made in helping schools and libraries including those in #Queens-#NYC close this digital divide for our students. 2/2"
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"The $7.1 billion #EmergencyConnectivityFund that @SenMarkey & I created to connect more #students to the #internet has been a great success. But we need more money to keep the program going which is why we are calling for another $1 billion in funding. 1/2 qns.com/2022/12/queens"
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