The Hill
July 19, 2014
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted Wednesday to put time limits on when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can block permits for dumping material into waterways.
Under the Regulatory Certainty Act, the EPA would not be allowed to take any action against a permit to put dredge or fill material in waterways or wetlands until an application is filed or a permit is issued.......Rep. Nick Rahall (W.Va.), the top Democrat on the panel, cited the West Virginia case in his support of the bill. Mingo Logan Coal Co.’s Spruce Fork permit was at issue.
“By vetoing that permit, the EPA demonstrated that its word is no good, that permit negotiations are a farce, and that 404 permits are worthless,” Rahall said.
State Journal
July 10, 2014
U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-WVa., welcomed the approval from a House subcommittee on a funding bill that would bar the EPA from implementing a “raft of regulations” threatening to undercut West Virginia’s economy.
“The message to the EPA in this bill is plain and simple: you cannot continue to churn out regulation upon regulation without regard for their effect on our economy and the jobs of our citizens,” Rahall said. “This bill is a wrench in the gears of EPA’s regulatory perpetual motion machine. But the provisions in this legislation are only temporary, and I’ll continue to fight to pass permanent solutions.”
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
June 10, 2014
WASHINGTON — A week after President Barack Obama and the federal EPA announced a new rule that would set caps on carbon emissions from existing power plants, U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-.Va., and U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., announced Monday they are introducing bill to stop it.
June 3, 2014
Bluefield Telegraph: “Rahall speaks out against new EPA rules.” “U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., spoke on the House floor Thursday in opposition to the new rules, which, according to Rahall, would set caps on carbon emissions from existing power plants.” [Bluefield Telegraph, 5/30/14]
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
May 30, 2014
WASHINGTON — With President Barack Obama expected to announce potentially crippling restrictions next week on coal-fired power plants, area lawmakers are once again speaking out in opposition to the looming federal rules.
U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., spoke on the House floor Thursday in opposition to the new rules, which, according to Rahall, would set caps on carbon emissions from existing power plants.
May 20, 2014
The Rahall campaign released a new poll showing Representative Rahall holds a double digit lead over Republican challenger Evan Jenkins, 52-percent to 39-percent. This is the third recent poll showing Representative Rahall with a strong lead over his opponent, despite millions of dollars in false and misleading attack ads from New York City billionaires.
May 19, 2014
This weekend on The State Journal’s Decision Makers, Representative Rahall laid out the top priority he’s always fought for and always will: “Jobs. Jobs. And jobs for our people.”
Charleston Gazette
April 29, 2014
We endorse him to regain the Democratic nomination — and we hope he goes on to retain his House seat in the fall. Can far-right billionaires drive Democrat Rahall from Congress? We pray not...The big money players trying to defeat Rahall don’t care about the lives and health of West Virginians. Congressman Rahall does.
The Charleston Gazette
November 23, 2013
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Rep. Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va., is urging the joint House and Senate committee tasked with negotiating a budget agreement to not cut Social Security and Medicare benefits. Rahall was one of 61 members of Congress sent a letter to the Budget Conference Committee asking them not to cut the two programs.
House and Senate leaders are continuing budget negotiations to avoid another government shutdown after January 15, when the current continuing resolution runs out.
WCHS-TV8
November 16, 2013
U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., was among the politicians sounding off about the Affordable Care Act on ABC's "Good Morning America" Saturday morning. President Barack Obama is facing yet another challenge with his signature health care law - Democrats who are now jumping ship on their support.
More than three dozen Democrats are now siding with Republicans and supporting a plan Obama says would weaken the law. Rahall is among the Democrats crossing party lines.
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