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Josh Shapiro: “We cannot backfill that. We cannot make that up. The…”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

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Shapiro Administration to Celebrate the Growth in Pennsylvania's $132.5 Billion Agriculture Industry

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… care for 310,000 Medicaid recipients in Pennsylvania are going to lose access to care, 144,000 who are going to lose SNAP. I have said over and over and over again We cannot backfill that. We cannot make that up. The consequences of these federal actions are real and it's going to hurt Pennsylvanians. We'll make the investments we can make, but we cannot backfire the cuts that they're making in D.C. that's why you hear me speaking out against. (14:21–14:31)

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Asserts that Pennsylvania cannot compensate for federal funding cuts, which will negatively impact residents.

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