: Government shutdown will end food benefits for nearly 7 million mothers and infants, Biden official says

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Some 7 million mothers and children will lose government benefits to buy food if the federal government shuts down, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said Monday. 

A partial government shutdown would stop benefits for participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said at a press briefing Monday. 

“If…

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