Brandon Gill introduced a bill to stop people from buying hot meals with food assistance, calling it a "fast-food loophole." The program he wants to destroy is designed for the elderly, disabled people in wheelchairs who can't use a stove, and homeless Americans with no place to store groceries. It comes after he voted to cut food assistance by nearly $187 billion, the largest cut in American history.
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