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David McKinley

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David Bennett McKinley is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving West Virginia's 1st congressional district from January 5, 2011, until January 3, 2023. A member of the Republican Party, McKinley focused on issues such as energy policy, infrastructure development, and healthcare during his time in office. He was known for advocating for the coal industry and promoting economic growth in West Virginia. McKinley also served on various committees, including the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where he played a role in shaping legislation related to energy and health care.

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Jul 27, 2020

So, Paul, my question primarily would be back to you, Mr. Chairman. What can we do to work together to get a drinking water bill that actually can be passed into law, signed, and help everybody, or are we just waiting until the next…

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Jul 27, 2020

We don't want our drinking water contaminated with bacteria that is going to make people sick today.

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Jul 27, 2020

One-size-fits-all Federal approaches simply don't work very well in anything, in my experience.

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Jul 27, 2020

H.R. 1. One of the primary things we wanted to get done was get campaign finance reform. It died in the Senate, not one Republican voted for it on the House floor.

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Jul 27, 2020

But as of this morning, by 11 o'clock, our Republican committee had not been approached by one person in a way to work together as we develop this drinking water bill.

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Jul 20, 2020

People are looking for you for leadership and what to do with the children.

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Jul 20, 2020

Are your companies insulted by that--an accusation that you could bring a drug to market that's not safe or effective?

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Jul 20, 2020

I hope it's not perpetuating this problem if we follow the guidelines.

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Jul 13, 2020

If 70 percent of our energy comes from fossil fuels and if Wall Street stops financing gas-fired power plants and has an aversion to funding pipelines because they don't know whether they are going to be built or not because of…

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Jul 13, 2020

So whose economy is Cuomo helping? Is it Putin's? It is certainly not ours.

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Jul 13, 2020

Wall Street as you know works on certainty. They depend on it. And the litigation and delays created by the environmental left have created the opposite, especially as it relates to what happened to coal.

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Jul 13, 2020

improving our energy security improves our national security.

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Jun 22, 2020

But, look, the first case of COVID was diagnosed in America just 155 days ago.

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Jun 22, 2020

Nevertheless, the media and the left simply can't help but criticize President Trump.

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Jun 15, 2020

Seventy percent of the lost jobs that have been mentioned earlier were in the energy efficiency market, which includes HVAC, lighting, insulation, appliances, on and on.

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Jun 15, 2020

Wouldn't it be novel for Congress to pursue clean, carbon-free emission energy sources without destroying an all-of-the-above energy approach?

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Jun 15, 2020

As we have seen, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly every industry across our country in countless ways.

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Jun 8, 2020

the anti-fossil-fuel agenda from the left is a long-term threat for communities like Welch and would completely destroy the economy of the city of Welch and the entire region.

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Jun 8, 2020

tied air pollution to COVID-19? Really? Seriously? It is a simplistic answer to a complicated question.

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Jun 1, 2020

Governor Whitmer, you have been openly critical in the media of the Trump administration's response to the pandemic.

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Jun 1, 2020

Governor, will you release the names of who those vendors were?

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Jun 1, 2020

Governor, do you regret not acting sooner?

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Mar 3, 2020

I think we have to be careful about what we are approaching on this.

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Mar 3, 2020

The Federal Government takes the lead on hazardous waste management, and states and local governments are primary in the solid waste arena.

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Mar 3, 2020

I do not support dismantling that wall between the two and injecting the Federal Government to setting curbside collection requirements and recycling standards for discarded items that are not hazardous.

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