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Riley Moore: “Appalachia spans 13 states.”

Featuring: Riley Moore, Republican | U.S. House West Virginia, District 2

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Riley Moore Advocates for Restoring Funding to Regional Commissions in Appalachia

Published | Video Starts at 00:33

Obviously, my home is in Appalachia, and Appalachia is home to some of the hardest working and most faithful people, I think, in the whole country. And Appalachia spans 13 states. My state is actually the only one that's encompassed by it in totality. And there's 26 million Americans living there. (00:33–00:36)

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