CHARLESTON- On Wednesday, Jan. 29, West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey held a short press briefing following his meeting with WV House and Senate leadership.
Most of his time behind the podium was spent explaining his desire to make the state of West Virginia prosperous and where people will want to be and how to make it an economic success.
“I thought it was important to let the public know that your new Governor, were busy working away with some terrific leaders of the House and the Senate to try to put together a legislative agenda that’s really going to make West Virginia proud,” Morrisey began.
We’ve talked a lot over the last year about trying to take steps that are going to make West Virginia more competitive, and I think you’re going to be seeing in the upcoming weeks, as different proposals will get unveiled, that there’s an effort to move meaningfully toward economic gains in a lot of different areas,” Morrisey explained.
He continued to stress the need of working together.
“It’s our intent to have a very strong work ethic with the legislature to be able to collaborate with so many different initiatives.”
Although he admitted it will never be easy, Morrisey believes the opportunity is there to make the state economically attractive.
“We had an excellent meeting today,” Morrisey said.
“There are a lot of big challenges in front of us, but I think that the Speaker, the Senate President, and I share the feeling that West Virginia has a unique opportunity to rise up the economic rankings. We want to do very well for this state,” he added.
Near the end of the briefing, the Governor was asked about the Federal Funding Freeze that has shaken up almost everyone who has heard about it.
“We are unpacking a lot of the info that came out and now that that’s in the court system, I don’t think that’s a relevant issue for today, but we are going to look at all these initiatives to make sure we put West Virginia first,” he concluded.
