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Alex Mooney

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Alex Mooney is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he has focused on issues such as fiscal responsibility, job creation, and supporting the energy sector in his legislative efforts. Mooney previously served in the Maryland State Senate before moving to West Virginia, where he has continued to advocate for conservative policies. He was born on June 4, 1971.

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Jul 20, 2021

This bill is nothing more than another attempt by Democrats to insert their leftist ideology into another aspect of the financial market.

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Jul 20, 2021

I am very concerned about Democrats' efforts to politicize the credit rating process.

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Jul 14, 2021

The truth is that there are plenty of ways to improve the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Relief Program.

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Jun 28, 2021

Government is not the solution to our problems. Government is the problem.

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Jun 24, 2021

Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 181. MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS Aderholt (Moolenaar) Amodei (Balderson) Beatty (Clark (MA)) Buchanan (Walorski) Burgess (Jackson) Castor…

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May 18, 2021

Today, I have the privilege of recognizing one of the millions of hardworking, taxpaying Americans who form the foundation of our Nation's economy through their employment in small business--in this particular case, the healthcare…

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May 12, 2021

This past weekend, we celebrated Mother's Day, a day for families across our great Nation to honor our mothers. God has blessed me with a wife, the mother of our three beautiful children, including two daughters. My own mother, Lala, has…

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May 12, 2021

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 349, nays 74, not voting 7, as…

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May 5, 2021

I see increased participation in our capital markets as a positive development for wealth creation.

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May 5, 2021

Increased participation by retail is a positive development. Let's not regulate or legislate that progress away.

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May 5, 2021

Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it.

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Apr 13, 2021

The out-of-control spending proposed by President Biden will leave a mess that our children and grandchildren will have to clean up and pay for.

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Mar 10, 2021

Today, I rise to honor a great West Virginia icon and U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Dennis Davis, who passed away on January 19, 2021. Dennis was the cabinet secretary for the West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance. He understood the…

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Mar 4, 2021

Let`s not attempt to steal knowledge of our nation`s history from our children like the Grinch attempted to steal Christmas.

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Mar 4, 2021

We should all respect and honor Dr. Seuss and forget this cancel culture nonsense.

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Mar 3, 2021

Let's not attempt to steal knowledge of our Nation's history from our children, like the Grinch attempted to steal Christmas. I rise to honor the legendary Dr. Seuss for Read Across America Day. Yesterday would also have been his 117th…

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Feb 25, 2021

Now I am going to change topics to something that is not talked about enough in this Congress, and that is spending. We talk a lot about these bills and how much we are going to spend on this group and spend on that group, and we are going…

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Feb 25, 2021

I will talk a little bit about some concerns and, generally, about the sanctity of human life and the unborn. I rise today in memory of the over 60 million babies who have been killed through abortion since the Supreme Court's disastrous…

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Feb 25, 2021

Federal debt has increased sharply. I have this beautiful chart here starting in 1790, the first budget in our country right after the Revolutionary War, and you can see the national debt. This is done in a fair way. It is debt to the…

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Feb 25, 2021

I would agree. And I would add that 27 percent of this bill, over $510 billion goes to State and local governments. So the taxpayers of my State of West Virginia and your State of Texas and other States are literally bailing out States…

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Mar 27, 2020

There are good parts of this bill, the things President Trump asked for at the very beginning, like tax relief for employers, help for those who lost their jobs, and funding for the medical community and first responders. I thank President…

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Dec 19, 2019

For the first time in recent American history, the President of the United States was impeached with only Members of one party voting for it. This has been a shameful, partisan exercise in the U.S. House from start to finish. Speaker Nancy…

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Oct 31, 2019

A Rasmussen poll conducted on October 2 of 2019 found that a sky-high 69 percent of independent voters were ``angry'' at the media, and over 60 percent of all voters share that anger. These voters are not upset at the media because they…

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Oct 16, 2019

During the impeachment inquiries of Presidents Nixon and Clinton, the House of Representatives, led, respectively, by Speakers Carl Albert and Newt Gingrich, established the following procedures that are currently not being followed in…

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Oct 16, 2019

I thank Congressman Grothman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I spoke a little earlier in a 1 minute on this topic, but I was a little pressed for time, and I saw my good friend from Arkansas, Mr. Hill, speaking on this and other important…

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