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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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Apr 14, 2021

Hurting working families is not a 'justice' that any of us should embrace.

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Apr 14, 2021

But have you ever seen how they source that material?

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Apr 14, 2021

And the cruel irony of all this is, as America dismantles its fossil fuel economy, the rest of the world is expanding its use of coal, natural gas, and oil and emitting greenhouse gases at an alarmingly increasing rate.

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Apr 14, 2021

By eliminating jobs in fossil fuels Congress will be sentencing Americans all across the country to poverty.

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Apr 14, 2021

This misguided congressional pursuit of environmental justice will no doubt create poverty causing shame, powerlessness, hopelessness, and humiliation to hard working Americans.

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Apr 14, 2021

Hurting working families is not a justice that any of us should embrace.

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Apr 14, 2021

the Federal clean energy standard that is being proposed is overly ambitious, and it will undoubtedly raise electricity rates for low-income, minority, rural, and senior citizen communities.

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Apr 14, 2021

Look, in my opening statement, Paul, I discussed the increase in poverty and injustice as we--as the Democrats do away with fossil fuels by the year 2035.

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Apr 14, 2021

These are ravaging effects we are having on communities all across this world in our pursuit of having battery storage.

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Apr 14, 2021

In this new political environment, fossil fuel workers feel powerless as liberal Democrats and the administration team up to take away their life-long jobs.

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Apr 14, 2021

My fear, Mr. Chairman, is that the same will happen to these thriving communities that have relied on good-paying oil and gas jobs for generations.

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Apr 14, 2021

I just think this is just a hypocritical issue, in many respects on it.

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Apr 14, 2021

Under this current administration, the oil and gas industry is under attack from pipelines to hydraulic fracturing.

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Apr 14, 2021

So maybe it is time, Mr. Chairman, that the men and women of Government lose their sanctimonious attitude and walk in the shoes of these families who are about to experience poverty, all in this guise of justice.

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Apr 14, 2021

the last thing we need to do is take away good-paying jobs and disrupt people's lifestyle more than it already has.

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Apr 14, 2021

When the Government creates policies, its first priority should be the welfare of the people, especially those impacted the hardest.

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Mar 24, 2021

Don't you think you would find a way to stop these illegal sales on your platforms if you were held personally liable?

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Mar 24, 2021

Should you not be held liable when people are dying because your people are allowing these sales to take place?

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Mar 24, 2021

Do you think you are above the law? You are knowingly allowing this poison to be sold on your platform.

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Mar 24, 2021

If we can find posts this easily, shame on you for not finding them for yourself.

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Mar 24, 2021

We have been dealing with this for 3 years, Mark. Three years this has been going on.

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Mar 24, 2021

How many more families are going to die? How many more children are going to be addicted while you still study the problem?

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Mar 24, 2021

Maybe it is time for Congress to have an adult conversation about this loss of liability protection.

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