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Patrick Morrisey: “States used [COVID relief funds] to try to subsidize…”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

Governor Shapiro participates in NGA panel discussion on energy and permitting reform

Published April 16, 2026 | Video Starts at 19:10

… about this a little bit earlier that benefited from all of those dollars that were being provided to the states during COVID and it was a temporary sugar high. So States used [COVID relief funds] to try to subsidize economic development. They used it for a wide variety of purposes. When I came into office, a lot of that Covid money had gone away, right? (19:10–19:15)

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