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Patrick Morrisey: “Every county will do well, but I try to get up here as much…”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

Governor Patrick Morrisey Discusses West Virginia's Legislative Agenda and Economic Opportunities

Published July 21, 2025 | Video Starts at 21:42

I know someone said the other day, you know, we had a lot of people on our transition team and we've got some picks from here. So Eastern panel is going to do very, very well. Thank you, sir. Every county will do well, but I try to get up here as much as I can to listen to what's on people's minds. I hate to cut you off, Patrick, but I'm up against a hard clock here, man. Have a great day. Thanks. Be well. Okay. (21:42–21:50)

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Asserts that every county is expected to perform well and emphasizes the importance of listening to constituents.

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“West Virginia's workforce participation rate is 54.2%, lower than any other state in the nation.”
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“There will be a special session at some point.”
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“We're obviously trying to make meaningful changes and improvements to PEIA in order to make sure that the program is going to be sustainable…”
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“We have a balanced budget schedule from July of this year to June of next year.”
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“Health care costs nationally are rising at a very rapid rate.”
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“We're not going to be putting new revenue into the mix in terms of more tax burdens on our citizens.”
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“I've talked with the legislators about trying to put in place a fraud unit, which I think could be very helpful.”
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“This is a very rich benefit and it's quite frankly much richer than virtually all the private offerings here in the state.”
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“The SNAP changes are set several years. They'll occur, I believe in 2,028.”
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“States that have high error rates are going to get penalized.”
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“There are Medicaid changes that are coming. I think some of them are very good.”
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“The national average [workforce participation rate] is 62.1%.”
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“I believe in early September we'll be submitting our revised application in to the Commerce Department.”
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“West Virginia will be one of the first states in the country because of how we handled the last six months.”
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“No, I think that [locality pay] requires a statutory change.”
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“We've been having a lot of discussions with the legislature on PEIA, and that's the big one.”
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“The school aid formula hasn't been opened up in a very, very long time.”
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“We certainly need to make sure that the Eastern Panhandle and all regions of the state can compete.”
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“Eastern panel is going to do very, very well.”
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