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Perdue signals flexibility on SNAP, defends agency moves

04/10/19 6:40 AM By Philip Brasher
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Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue suggested to lawmakers that his department could soften the definition of able-bodied adults who are subject to food stamp work requirements, but he declined to budge from a USDA reorganization plan to relocate two research agencies out of the nation's capital.
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