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March 13, 2015
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President Obama’s budget submission to Congress in February kicked off the debate on Capitol Hill on funding the federal government for the next fiscal year. Rest assured, I will work for the priorities of the Third Congressional District – fighting for working families, protecting coal jobs, highway and infrastructure investment, and combating the drug abuse crisis.
March 11, 2015
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) praised the decision of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to shelve a proposed ammunition ban.
Rep. Jenkins joined 237 of his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in sending a letter to ATF Director B. Todd Jones expressing concerns with the ATF’s proposal.
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March 10, 2015
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) announced today that the communities of Alderson, Richwood and Union will receive more than $900,000 in federal funding for three water and wastewater projects from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District.
The projects are:
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March 3, 2015
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) today announced his mobile office hours for the first part of March.
March 2, 2015
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) cosponsored legislation introduced today that would prevent the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from retroactively vetoing valid permits, as happened at the Spruce No. 1 mine in Logan County.
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February 27, 2015
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) voted yes today on a measure to keep the U.S. Department of Homeland Security open past today’s funding deadline. The seven-day continuing resolution passed the U.S. House of Representatives 357-60.
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February 27, 2015
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WASHINGTON – At a House Appropriations Committee subcommittee hearing yesterday, U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) repeatedly asked EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy why she refuses to meet with West Virginia coal miners as the administration considers new energy regulations.
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February 24, 2015
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) issued the following statement today expressing disappointment in President Obama’s veto of the Keystone XL pipeline:
February 20, 2015
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) held a summit in Point Pleasant today with local, state and federal stakeholders, calling for completion of the remaining unimproved stretch of Route 35 in Mason County.
February 19, 2015
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WASHINGTON – In a letter to two federal agencies today, U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) urged the federal government to complete long-overdue standards for tank cars and high-hazard flammable trains.