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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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Jun 26, 2018

I am just going to remind you of a couple things that were brought up at the time.

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Jun 20, 2018

These regulations and restrictions, I think they are well intended by the other side, but they are hurting the people that need these investment startup dollars.

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Jun 20, 2018

I want to add my appreciation for your leadership in proposing an expansive loan rule aperture.

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Jun 20, 2018

I just want to encourage you to continue this deregulation, get these impediments out of the way for Americans in rural areas, as well as cities.

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Jun 19, 2018

Either you believe in free market or you believe in Government running everything and basically socialism.

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Jun 19, 2018

my mother fled a communist country, Cuba. At least here we have a process where people can have their grievances and their issues brought to Congress

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Jan 22, 2018

For 3 years, I have waited for the moment here where I want to commend my colleagues in the Senate, the majority party, for exposing the fallacious argument that you can hold hostage unrelated bills before you pass spending bills. Frankly…

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Jan 19, 2018

As you just heard from the previous speaker and you read often in the press about a potential government shutdown, let me just tell you how this works. The House passes a bill, then the Senate considers a bill. In the Senate, you either…

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Jan 18, 2018

I thank the gentlewoman for bringing this important bill to the floor. We have heard it mentioned that, in 2002, in a bipartisan way, we already have law that a baby born alive, at any stage of gestation, any weeks of life, born alive, it…

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Jan 9, 2018

I am a big believer in a voters' Government, knowing what Government is doing at all times.

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Jan 8, 2018

So one issue was brought to my attention about a year ago where the Chinese... tried to buy a company.

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Nov 29, 2017

President Maduro is like a sweaty rhino running out of control around that area.

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Nov 29, 2017

Thank you. OK, continuing right along on the North Korea issue line of questioning.

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Nov 29, 2017

I appreciate the President's aggressive approach in Venezuela.

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Nov 6, 2017

I see that in a lot of places, not just with monetary policy. I see it with environmental policy in my State of West Virginia.

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Nov 2, 2017

I thank my colleague from Colorado, Mr. Buck, for leading this Special Order effort and for recognizing me to talk about this issue and the general problem in the Senate today of having legislation considered, debated, and passed in a way…

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Oct 31, 2017

I had a family commitment and could not attend votes. Had I been present, I would have voted ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 591.

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Oct 26, 2017

We had a Democratic President, John F. Kennedy, who cut taxes when he was President. I think he would take issue with a lot of the things that have been said by his own party. It has been 30 years since we addressed taxes in this country…

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Jul 18, 2017

Despite the previous Administration's war on coal, we still believe in coal and we believe it is going to come back.

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Jul 12, 2017

If an investor likes their broker, they can keep their broker.

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Jul 12, 2017

This is a big issue in my district. I have had several town hall roundtables about it.

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Jul 12, 2017

the DOL is forcing the hands of investors and providers to offer one in favor of the other, whereas before, investors had choice.

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Jul 12, 2017

My parents would love to continue to working with that trusted adviser who has been working for them for the last 15 years.

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Jul 12, 2017

I don't think these are hypothetical or academic or theoretical arguments. This is an experience that we saw in the U.K. and we are beginning to see in the United States.

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May 18, 2017

Recent State Department revelations show that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad continues inflicting atrocities on his own people. The discovery of a crematorium at Saydnaya military prison will only make it more difficult to account for…

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