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Patrick Morrisey: “When I came into office, a lot of that Covid money had gone…”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

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

Published | Video Starts at 19:16

So states use that 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? So you have to use what you have organically within your state in order to grow. We started focusing obviously on marrying up energy with all different types of clients, whether it's data technology, health care, aviation, manufacturing opportunities. (19:16–19:21)

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Asserts that COVID relief funds were largely depleted when he took office.

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