The West Virginia National Guard, they were there through operation feeding families. 164 service members distributed more than 1 million pounds of food to more than 400 food pantries statewide. And as you know, The state also stepped up and provided $13 million. And that's on top of the full monthly benefits that they were getting. So that's a lot more food that was normally allocated and we wanted to make sure that no one was going to be hungry. (05:51–05:56)
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Asserts that the state provided $13 million during the federal government shutdown.
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