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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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Jan 18, 2018

Some of the critics say that if we export our LNG, it is going to raise prices. That has not been proven to be true.

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Jan 17, 2018

I would like to hear back from someone what would be some suggested legislation that we might be able to do to make sure they can't shed this.

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Jan 8, 2018

76 gigawatts of power coming in from that. My concern was--76 gigawatts of power, on average, may be 100 power plants that aren't existing in America because of that, bringing in Canadian-subsidized utilities.

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Jan 8, 2018

My concern is that when we do that, that means we are not--our local tax base is--it is non-existent.

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Jan 8, 2018

All I am asking is that when we hit with NAFTA, that we have some discussion about the importing of all of this 76 gigawatts of Canadian power at the expense of American jobs.

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Dec 12, 2017

this outsourcing of our electric generation costs American jobs and lost State and local tax revenue.

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Dec 11, 2017

We were a proud partner in the formulation and advocacy of this effort, and are pleased to see it as a law.

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Dec 11, 2017

The automotive industry is a huge source of American jobs including nearly 100,000 Ohioans.

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Dec 11, 2017

Well, let me, if I could, reclaim--let me ask a more definite--rather than to keep it open ended.

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Dec 11, 2017

We were a proud partner in the formation and advocacy of this effort, and we are pleased to see it as a law.

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Dec 6, 2017

Is there something that we should be doing here in Congress to make sure that we don't revert back to that old way of just following the ideology rather than science?

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Dec 6, 2017

I think I particularly appreciate the fact that you sent people to the coal fields to understand the impact of what those regulations were doing when 86,000 coal miners lost their job during the Obama administration and no one paid…

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Dec 6, 2017

I know you have made a commitment. You said you are going back to blocking and tackling the fundamentals of rulemaking.

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Dec 6, 2017

I probably wore my Do Not Mess with the RFS button to the White House.

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Dec 6, 2017

How can you explain these actions when it is clear that these two industries have enormous potential for growth?

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Dec 6, 2017

I think the RFS works for Iowa. I think it works for America.

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Nov 29, 2017

It is time for Congress and the Department of Justice to shine light on these bad actors to protect the victims of this industry from exploitation and enslavement.

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Nov 29, 2017

We owe it to the victims. But more than that, we owe it to the people-adults and children-who will be victimized in the future if we do not act now.

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Nov 13, 2017

Thank you again for having this hearing on this.

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Nov 13, 2017

I really appreciate the fact that the commissioner and Pruitt all are working together to try to find a secondary source on this--a supply.

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Nov 6, 2017

I am a strong advocate of IV&V--independent verification and validation--that we've used in NASA and elsewhere where we have someone else looking at it.

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Nov 6, 2017

When you see a UL rating you know it's good. You know it has been done independently, and the same thing with FM.

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Nov 6, 2017

I just don't want anything to come in between the government or whatever and energy efficiency and Energy Star.

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Nov 1, 2017

I really want to applaud the Department of Energy's efforts to refocus the narrative and the discussion about reliability and resiliency.

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Oct 24, 2017

They don't have the resources to have a teleconference.

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