Our budget is fiscally responsible because it's fully funding all of these programs that we're legally required to deal with. Let me go further. The federal government had made changes to some of the unemployment policies, and as a result, the state's being asked to take on about $2 million or so in new expenses to manage that program. The House finance bill does not fund Workforce West Virginia. So what should we do? Like what? What do you do with that? Well, we're obligated to. (12:36–12:52)
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Asserts that federal changes to unemployment policies require the state to incur $2 million in new expenses.
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