Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, right now, down the street at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, our very own West Virginia attorney general, Patrick Morrisey, is arguing against the unconstitutional coal and job-killing plan known as the Clean Power Plan. Time and again, President Obama has put radical leftwing environmentalists ahead of hardworking Americans. Obama's so-called Clean Power Plan is no different. This plan is a laundry list of unnecessary environmental restrictions that will increase energy costs and put even more Americans out of work. In West Virginia, we rely on coal for over 90 percent of our power generation. This regulation will shut down our power plants, kill our coal jobs, and dramatically raise home energy prices for West Virginians. I have been working at a Federal level to help put a stop to these job-killing policies. Last year, I sent a letter to Governor Tomblin, along with Representatives McKinley and Jenkins of West Virginia, urging him not to comply with the Clean Power Plan. Under the plan, States are forced to come up with a State Implementation Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on a timeline that would be very harmful to our State. This January, my first bill to pass the U.S. House of Representatives was aimed at putting a stop to the stream protection rule.…”