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Shelley Moore Capito: “My state of West Virginia, not just thousands of families…”

Featuring: Shelley Moore Capito, Republican | U.S. Senate West Virginia

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Capito Speech on Senate Floor on Healthcare Reform

Published | Video Starts at 08:35

Government to be open and not hand out big bonuses to big insurers or the wealthy. So meanwhile, because of this shutdown, real people are paying the price. My state of West Virginia, not just thousands of families and people, hundreds of thousands of people, are losing their SNAP, have lost their SNAP benefit. which they rely on every month. So when I think about that, what do I think about? (08:35–08:46)

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Asserts that hundreds of thousands in West Virginia have lost their SNAP benefits.

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