shorts On 5/30/2023, a reporter asked Biden OMB Director Young, “The chair in the Progressive Caucus says that it’s really unfortunate that you are expanding the work requirements for this particular age group. She says it’s terrible policy. I know that you’ve been working the phones speaking to a number of members of, I assume, the Progressive Caucus trying to convince them that this is good policy. Is she right about that, that this is bad policy?

MS. YOUNG: … you heard me answer on SNAP. There’s a very real possibility, when we see the numbers, that the number who are phased in, who have new requirements on SNAP, is offset by the number who will now be covered under the new exemptions.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/rxwRLzm-BcA
Q: expanding the work requirements terrible policy? A: new exemptions, more on welfare