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On the recordFebruary 1, 2017
I am here to speak in support of the Congressional Review Act on the stream protection rule. I want to say to those who participated in the last election--where part of the discussion was the Federal Government knows all and needs to be in your life and in your business life every day, and it knows the best one-size-fits-all way--that help is on the way today. A lot of the talk of the election is now going into action in the form of the Congressional Review Act. In particular, the stream protection rule was a last-minute power grab that was aimed at giving more power to the Federal Government. Now, at the onset, I would like to say this: I don't have any charts. I don't have any pictures, but then I thought, you know what. Yes, I do. I have a lot of pictures on my device here, which I will not open up because it is against the rules and you will not be able to see anyway. But in these pictures, you will see a picture of me fishing in a beautiful stream in West Virginia, where trout is unlimited. You will see me riding an ATV on a Hatfield-McCoy Trail, which is the old mining trails and the old lumber trails in southern mine country in West Virginia, where thousands of people come every year. You will see me visiting a school or a business park that is built on the top of what is a reclaimed mountaintop removal. If you have ever been to West Virginia, they don't call us the Mountain State for nothing.…
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia

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