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Patrick Morrisey: “I want to bring our kids home. I hate the fact that we have…”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

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Published | Video Starts at 17:40

Yeah, look, I think it's a great question. So I want to be really clear. I want to bring our kids home. Let me say that again. I want to bring our kids home. I hate the fact that we have so many people out of state and we are we've been working for months on different initiatives to try to get kids to come back home. So I think you're going to see some initiatives and some announcements coming out, and I applaud the efforts of legislators who are also trying to solve the problem. (17:40–17:56)

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Asserts that initiatives are underway to bring children back to West Virginia from out-of-state placements.

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