But, apparently, you are under tremendous pressure from the Democratic leadership that seems to be more interested in dividing rather than consolidating, unifying this country.
David McKinley
The Public Record
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.
We could have done something together in a bipartisan fashion, but instead of working in that cooperation, your leadership put poison pills to discourage Republican support.
We hear people time and time again wanting to have infrastructure legislation, but we don't pass it because it is part of the way it is put in, partisan.
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.
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.
Are your companies insulted by that--an accusation that you could bring a drug to market that's not safe or effective?
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…
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.
Nevertheless, the media and the left simply can't help but criticize President Trump.
But, look, the first case of COVID was diagnosed in America just 155 days ago.
As we have seen, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly every industry across our country in countless ways.
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.
Wouldn't it be novel for Congress to pursue clean, carbon-free emission energy sources without destroying an all-of-the-above energy approach?
Tied air pollution to COVID-19? Really? Seriously? It is a simplistic answer to a complicated question.
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.
Governor Whitmer, you have been openly critical in the media of the Trump administration's response to the pandemic.
The Federal Government takes the lead on hazardous waste management, and states and local governments are primary in the solid waste arena.





