Governor Josh Shapiro

and ultimately made very very clear i wasn't going away pennsylvania was going to get its fair share of federal funding and what's been promised to us and we were able to get them to unfreeze all 2.1 billion dollars that had been taken away from pennsylvania i'm really proud of that and i'm grateful to the people whose voices were raised up demanding that the federal government do what they were legally

You know, literally, Ben, just a couple hours ago, I was up in what we call the northern tier of Pennsylvania. You can't get any further north. Otherwise, you're going to be in New York. And these are really conservative Republican voting communities. A lot of voters. voted for me there. But by and large, these are communities that overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump.

You know, literally, Ben, just a couple hours ago, I was up in what we call the northern tier of Pennsylvania. You can't get any further north. Otherwise, you're going to be in New York. And these are really conservative Republican voting communities. A lot of voters. voted for me there. But by and large, these are communities that overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump.

You know, literally, Ben, just a couple hours ago, I was up in what we call the northern tier of Pennsylvania. You can't get any further north. Otherwise, you're going to be in New York. And these are really conservative Republican voting communities. A lot of voters. voted for me there. But by and large, these are communities that overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump.

And two things were brought up to me by folks there, folks in the media and folks just when I got pulled aside who were wanting to talk to me. One, they said, thank you for protecting us. Thank you for making sure that we are seen. This was a member of the LGBTQ community who came over to me and said that. The other thing is people are really worried about

And two things were brought up to me by folks there, folks in the media and folks just when I got pulled aside who were wanting to talk to me. One, they said, thank you for protecting us. Thank you for making sure that we are seen. This was a member of the LGBTQ community who came over to me and said that. The other thing is people are really worried about

And two things were brought up to me by folks there, folks in the media and folks just when I got pulled aside who were wanting to talk to me. One, they said, thank you for protecting us. Thank you for making sure that we are seen. This was a member of the LGBTQ community who came over to me and said that. The other thing is people are really worried about

about the impact of these federal cuts on their communities. Let's talk just for a moment about Medicaid, right? They're talking about cutting Medicaid in Washington. I get $30 billion a year coming to Pennsylvania to pay for Medicaid. There are 3 million Pennsylvanians who get healthcare through Medicaid. There are 13 million total Pennsylvanians 3 million of them are on Medicaid.

about the impact of these federal cuts on their communities. Let's talk just for a moment about Medicaid, right? They're talking about cutting Medicaid in Washington. I get $30 billion a year coming to Pennsylvania to pay for Medicaid. There are 3 million Pennsylvanians who get healthcare through Medicaid. There are 13 million total Pennsylvanians 3 million of them are on Medicaid.

about the impact of these federal cuts on their communities. Let's talk just for a moment about Medicaid, right? They're talking about cutting Medicaid in Washington. I get $30 billion a year coming to Pennsylvania to pay for Medicaid. There are 3 million Pennsylvanians who get healthcare through Medicaid. There are 13 million total Pennsylvanians 3 million of them are on Medicaid.

And by the way, Ben, a high percentage of them are in these rural communities where I was just a few hours ago. I've made clear to our federal officials that a cut to Medicaid directly hurts your constituents here in Pennsylvania, it would have a devastating impact on these rural communities.

And by the way, Ben, a high percentage of them are in these rural communities where I was just a few hours ago. I've made clear to our federal officials that a cut to Medicaid directly hurts your constituents here in Pennsylvania, it would have a devastating impact on these rural communities.

And by the way, Ben, a high percentage of them are in these rural communities where I was just a few hours ago. I've made clear to our federal officials that a cut to Medicaid directly hurts your constituents here in Pennsylvania, it would have a devastating impact on these rural communities.

I'm gonna do everything I can to both educate our lawmakers, to help them understand that cuts to Medicaid are gonna harm our citizens, especially in rural Pennsylvania, and hold them accountable if they make those cuts.

I'm gonna do everything I can to both educate our lawmakers, to help them understand that cuts to Medicaid are gonna harm our citizens, especially in rural Pennsylvania, and hold them accountable if they make those cuts.

I'm gonna do everything I can to both educate our lawmakers, to help them understand that cuts to Medicaid are gonna harm our citizens, especially in rural Pennsylvania, and hold them accountable if they make those cuts.

If they even cut 10% out of Medicaid, that's a $3 billion hit, and that's something that is gonna be very difficult for us to make up here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through our state budget. Now, there might be some people out there going, well, I mean, the federal government What's their role in sending money to Pennsylvania or any other state? Well, here's the thing.

If they even cut 10% out of Medicaid, that's a $3 billion hit, and that's something that is gonna be very difficult for us to make up here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through our state budget. Now, there might be some people out there going, well, I mean, the federal government What's their role in sending money to Pennsylvania or any other state? Well, here's the thing.

If they even cut 10% out of Medicaid, that's a $3 billion hit, and that's something that is gonna be very difficult for us to make up here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through our state budget. Now, there might be some people out there going, well, I mean, the federal government What's their role in sending money to Pennsylvania or any other state? Well, here's the thing.

Folks in that rural community where I just was, they pay federal taxes and they want that money to come back to our state. Nearly every state in the nation gets somewhere between 30 and 40% of their overall annual budgets from federal tax dollars, from federal money that comes back to their states. The idea that that's going to be cut