LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- The debate over which political party is responsible for the impacts the government shutdown is having on safety net programs spilled into the open on Tuesday at an event Gov. Joe Lombardo and U.S. Rep. Susie Lee attended.

According to the governor's office, around 495,000 Nevadans are set to lose their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits this week.

"This governor does have a choice, and he is complicit if he does not use the emergency fund," Lee, a Democrat, said.

About half of Nevada's SNAP recipients are children, according to Lee.

Nevada's Republican governor announced on Monday that he was injecting $39 million into food banks to help families enrolled in SNAP through the Food Insecurity Nevada Plan. The Nevada National Guard would assist in dist

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