Food bank chips in to meet increased demand amid US government shutdown

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An Arizona charity organisation is bracing to help more families in need amid the United States government shutdown which enters its 12th day due to a funding impasse in the Senate, with the government saying that many federal employees will not get paid or even laid off.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Phoenix is bracing to help more families in need amid

00:07the United States government shutdown. The charity organization provides food,

00:12rental assistance, and other services to the community as the shutdown enters its 12th day,

00:17due to a funding impasse in the Senate, with the government saying that many federal employees will

00:23not get paid or even laid off. Anytime someone suddenly doesn't receive a paycheck that they're

00:29expecting for their house and their livelihood, it can really cause a lot of stress on themselves

00:34and their families, and it can cause a need for them to seek support from places like St. Vincent de

00:39Paul to get the food that they need to feed their families, to get help with rent, to get help with

00:43utilities, and we expect that we could see some increases with people in our community needing

00:49that help. So our food bank here at St. Vincent de Paul distributes about seven million pounds a year

00:54of non-perishable goods to our communities. We're always looking for donations of in-kind food,

00:59so that's what you think of as shelf-stable goods, canned proteins, canned vegetables, canned fruits,

01:06pastas, rice, cereal. It's always hard to know how much people need our help, but at the end of the day,

01:13because there's so many people willing to give back, it also, I think, still remains hopeful that we

01:18can be here for each other, and we can be here to lend a hand. The Senate was short of five votes

01:24from the Democratic senators to reach at least 60 votes in the Republican-controlled Senate to pass

01:29the short-term spending bill for federal agencies. The Democratic senators are using that leverage to

01:35push for continuing and expanding health care subsidies, and there is no indication of a clear

01:41path to break the impasse. Many public facilities have been closed, and much of the federal government

01:48operations and services also halted until further notice across the country.

01:53Even fathom. The government is now making tough decisions on who to be laid off and which programs

02:02to be cut. We'll announce the numbers over the next couple of days, but it'll be a lot of people,

02:07all because of the Democrats. I mean, they want to give one and a half trillion dollars to people that

02:13came into the country illegally. More important than that, because we all have a big heart. We want people

02:17to be taken care of. On Saturday, Trump said the government has found a way to pay military troops,

02:23and he had ordered the Pentagon to do so. He said they have identified the funds,

02:27and will use all available funds to pay the troops on October 15th,

02:32and he added that he will not allow the Democrats to hold the nation's security hostage with the shutdown.

02:47So, what do we need to do for a long list of our own policy?

02:50I won't allow the Democrats to do so, but the Democrats are stuck here because of the

02:51regulations, but of the Republicans, are not going to work.

02:54So, if Democrats are going to agree with this, they will not allow the Democrats to just

02:55to be able to, to do so.

02:57On Wednesday, we will not allow the Democrats to do so.

02:596edor b.

03:04This is the Democrats of the Democrats, and Democrats at the House with Stephen Hawking.

03:07So, we have played an election for a long list of the Democrats to do so.

03:11The Democrats of the Democrats are going to be Arnold, and Democrats.

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