Murray Secures Full Funding for WIC, Protecting Lifesaving Benefits for Nearly 7 Million Moms & Kids Nationwide

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“As someone who relied on food stamps when my family fell on hard times, I know full well that investing in WIC doesn’t just feed moms and babies—it’s an investment in our country’s future. Few programs are as thoroughly backed by research as WIC and the evidence makes clear: WIC saves lives and it also saves money. Under the cuts proposed by House Republicans, states would have been forced to deny families WIC benefits for the first time ever—forced to pick and choose which moms and babies should get help and who should go hungry. This was never an acceptable outcome to Democrats. I said I would move mountains to fully fund WIC and that’s exactly what I did. Full funding for WIC should never have been in question, but I’m glad that the millions of moms and babies who rely on this program won’t have to suffer the stress and harm of losing access to the lifesaving nutritional support and essential health care services WIC provides. As we move forward, I hope my colleagues will realize that cutting WIC is not only deeply wrong but short-sighted—a dollar spent on WIC saves taxpayers more than a dollar in the future.”

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