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Quote from former U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary Peter Edelman reading, "SNAP recipients are not representative of the general population; they are more likely to be in poverty because of lower education, disabilities (including learning disabilities), challenging family circumstances, and histories of domestic violence that make holding a job challenging and dangerous."