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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of Senate Republican leadership and a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined “Mornings with Maria” on FOX Business.
HIGHLIGHTS:
ON THE SHUTDOWN: “This week, there will be at least five Democrats, like there have been a few over the last several weeks, that will want to exert their will, come to their senses, open the government so we can begin this negotiation…whatever it is, I believe this week could be the week. I don’t have a full sense of when, but there are a lot of negotiations across party lines to talk about the appropriations process, how important it is. I’m hopeful that is what’s going to be the impetuous that pulls us out of this. We’ve had an option for the last thirty-five days to open the government. All this angst of who’s getting paid and what’s happening to government services should have never happened. By this time, we could’ve had a negotiated settlement on the health care premiums, but instead, the Democrats decided, under Chuck Schumer’s leadership, to force the American people into a very painful situation.”
ON REFORMING THE BROKEN OBAMACARE SYSTEM: “Reform has to be a part of this…We’ve been pushing for [reforms] for years that we think will push the price and the premium down…We need to fix this issue. There needs to be participation from every side of the aisle, government, the health care industry, insurance companies, pharmaceuticals, all of us need to come together to work on health inflation. That’s what’s getting lost in this argument. We’re saying, how are we going to meet these large increases, but let’s meet the challenge of pulling those increases down, that’s what we as Republicans are about.”
ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TRADE DEALS: “I support the president advantaging the American worker with reciprocal trade. My state of West Virginia was hollowed out by NAFTA and other trade agreements, where we were disadvantaged, and we lost a lot of industry and a lot of jobs. I want to see that get back to an equilibrium, that’s what the president is trying to do. I believe once this all settles, and the uncertainty has been too lengthy here, if the president settles this all out like you see him doing with Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Japan, and others, what you’re going to see is the American worker’s wages going up, more work available, more jobs available… [West Virginia] is an energy state. We have coal, natural gas, wind, geothermal. Anytime you’re bringing jobs back into the United States, any time you’re creating industries, you’re creating a need for more energy. That’s right where West Virginia’s wheelhouse is. [Manufacturing industries] are being revitalized already because of what the president has done and what is anticipated that he will do.”
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