EPISODE · Jan 12, 2019 · 37 MIN
Government shutdown escalates, the need for teamwork elevates
from Food First · host Phil Knight
As the famous saying goes - teamwork makes the dream work. As the partial government shutdown challenge escalates, the need for teamwork elevates. Hear from Phil, Gerry and Kate Leone, Chief Government Relations Officer with Feeding America. Kate is standing in the gap for all of the people we serve and provides an eye-opening perspective as to how this shutdown affects EVERYONE. With this being the 3rd shutdown within this administration, let's choose to humanize this issue, stop fixing the blame and start fixing the problem! Did you know that every week this government shutdown persists, the U.S. economy loses $1.2 billion dollars/week - this is unacceptable and it must stop now!
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As the famous saying goes - teamwork makes the dream work. As the partial government shutdown challenge escalates, the need for teamwork elevates. Hear from Phil, Gerry and Kate Leone, Chief Government Relations Officer with Feeding America. Kate is standing in the gap for all of the people we serve and provides an eye-opening perspective as to how this shutdown affects EVERYONE. With this being the 3rd shutdown within this administration, let's choose to humanize this issue, stop fixing the blame and start fixing the problem! Did you know that every week this government shutdown persists, the U.S. economy loses $1.2 billion dollars/week - this is unacceptable and it must stop now!
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