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Patrick Morrisey: “We've identified right now up to $13 million from one of our…”

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Gov. Morrisey Launches Donation Drive for Food Banks Matched with State Funds

Published October 28, 2025 | Video Starts at 18:16

We have a 211 hotline available to connect people with food pantries. People should avail themselves of that opportunity. We have the National Guard ready to work on logistics and distribution. And We've identified right now up to $13 million from one of our contingency funds that we might be able to make available on a matching basis. Now, we need your support. I ask you once again to look at these QR codes to share it around. Your fellow West Virginians need your help. (18:16–18:27)

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“This weekend, states across the country were informed by the USDA that November SNAP benefits will be delayed.”
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“That's going to affect more than 40 million Americans and over 270,000 people right here in West Virginia.”
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“It is day 28 of the Schumer shutdown.”
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“Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats are shutting down the federal government while insisting on free health care for illegals and a $1.5…”
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“They're refusing to come to the table and pass a clean, bipartisan funding extension.”
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“States like West Virginia don't have the resources to just take over these federal programs and shoulder the full cost of the SNAP program.”
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“We're not going to let our people go hungry.”
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“Congress is voting again and again to shut down the government and prevent these SNAP payments from going out on time.”
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“We have 42 family resource network centers across the state.”
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“We're expediting $1.1 million in funding to the food banks.”
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“We have identified up to $13 million in new dollars in available state funds for this effort.”
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“For every dollar donated to either one of these food banks, the state's going to be able to give up to $1 of its own, up to $13 million.”
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“The National Guard [is directed] to help with logistics, such as including transporting food to rural areas and to schools and delivery to…”
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“We have a 211 hotline available to connect people with food pantries.”
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“We immediately accelerated $1.1 million out.”
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“It's an unbelievable challenge when you talk about SNAP benefits. The state of West Virginia can't just afford to absorb that permanently.”
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“The Schumer shutdown is going to come to an end at some point.”
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“We have significant resources coming from the state.”
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“You take that 13 million and match it and it's 26 million.”
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“This is from some of the monies that had come in from COVID era time.”
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“We are correct on the law here and we've looked at this very closely.”
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“Government should never have been in the business of doing this in the first place.”
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“We took incredible steps to assure higher quality and you're gonna have new buildings that are done.”
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“The government wasn't doing the best possible job.”
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“People are dying because of the conditions in a particular place.”
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“Everyone is going to be treated the same way under the law.”
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“I have the greatest degree and confidence in our tax division for how they're handling things.”
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“I've been told that on the Medicaid side things were still proceeding the same way that that hadn't been affected.”
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