Issue Position: ENERGY AND OBAMA'S WAR ON COAL

Issue Position

President Obama has made no secret of his disdain for the coal industry. His radical policies and the increasingly burdensome regulations imposed by his administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are destroying jobs and hurting West Virginia families.

Liberal Harvard professor, Daniel P. Schrag, a prominent member of Obama's Presidential Science Panel publicly revealed President Obama's true intentions when he declared, "A war on coal is exactly what's needed."

West Virginia has a long and rich history of providing energy to the rest of the nation, and I will do everything in my power to defeat President Obama's EPA and support West Virginia's proud coal industry.

In addition, I will oppose other radical energy regulations, like President Obama's proposed cap-and-trade plan that will increase the cost of energy and impose a de facto energy tax on every family in the United States.

Finally, I support expanding the development of our natural energy resources in the United States to increase our domestic energy supply and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

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