Inter Mountain - "Capito: Let's Take America Back"
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By Matthew Burdette
U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., rallied a large crowd Sunday, stressing the importance of coal, at the annual Tucker County Republican Picnic at Mill Race Park.
"We have lost thousands of jobs over the last two years, and more over the last six," Capito said. "What can we do about it? We can change the United States Senate. That's why I'm running for Senate, to be that voice for West Virginia. Make the EPA accountable. There's such frustration with the administration that basically picks winners and losers in this country. And, we have been picked to be a loser. Our state is in the bull's-eye of the president and Harry Reid, and we have to stop it. The best way to stop it is to change our voice in the United States Senate."
"I'm very discouraged that the president would pick an energy resource and say we don't want it anymore," Capito added. "No coal-fired plant in the state meets the new metrics the president has put forward. Our power is going to be more expensive, our most vulnerable populations are going to be hurt by that, and our manufacturing sector is going to be hurt by that.
"I want to see a full and vibrant all-of-the-above policy. What we are doing is tying one hand behind our back. It's not just hurting our economy, it's hurting our national economy."
Putting the coal industry at the forefront, Capito said, would essentially amount to putting West Virginians back to work.
Another policy that concerns Capito is the cumbersome and often inflexible health care law. Capito says some aspects of the policy are good for America and West Virginia. Other parts, she says, need tossed out and revisited. One such aspect is the business mandates and the part-time worker issue.
"People are losing their plans," Capito said. "The costs are just skyrocketing, and people are losing their choices. This has to stop."
"The Democrats had a lot of problems recruiting a viable candidate for the United States Senate. They went through 14 different people who said they couldn't beat Shelley. Here we are, 70 days until November -- and the election -- and the Democrats still haven't found a viable candidate to run against Shelley Moore Capito," Lucas said of the Congresswoman's competition, Natalie Tennant.
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