Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday admitted the coronavirus relief package Republicans released in late July as an initial offer to House Democrats did not include enough aid for food assistance programs, even as children go hungry in the United States.
Mnuchin made the comment on CNBC after host Jim Cramer asked whether there was any room for the Trump administration to increase their coronavirus aid offer to reach a deal with Democrats, as negotiations in Congress are currently stalled.
“I listened to the speaker over the weekend. She’s right. We started low on food, we realized there’s a lot of kids out there that — there’s an issue,” Mnuchin said, saying that adding more aid for food programs could be a “compromise” the Trump administration is willing to make. Continue reading.