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Jim Justice: “If we talked and we trusted and we absolutely told the truth…”

Featuring: Jim Justice, Republican | U.S. Senate, West Virginia

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Senator Justice Unanimously Passes the Medal of Honor Monument bill on the Senate Floor

Published | Video Starts at 05:14

And lo and behold, today, maybe just a lot of lessons, lessons maybe that we all ought to listen to. And that's just this. If we talked and we trusted and we absolutely told the truth to one another, there may just be passage of lots and lots and lots of stuff that we should be doing here. That's what we should be doing. I always call the voters Toby and Edith, but Toby and Edith need us. They need us in the worst way. (05:14–05:30)

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Asserts that honest communication could lead to the passage of significant legislation.

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