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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Riley M. Moore yesterday applauded President Donald J. Trump and the U.S. Department of Energy's decision to build a new coal-fired power plant in West Virginia’s Second Congressional District. DOE’s selection of the TerraSpark Energy Campus under its Coal-Based Power and Energy Infrastructure initiative will bring nearly 1,000 high-quality jobs to the district and marks a major step toward realizing President Trump’s vision for American energy dominance.
This is a lightly edited version of a speech that was given at the National Conservatism Conference on September 3, 2025.
Washington, D.C. – This morning, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4553, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for the fiscal year of 2026, with a final vote of 214-213. Congressman Riley M.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., drew large crowds over the weekend for his "Fighting Oligarchy Tour" in a state that would seem otherwise loath to listen to his democratic socialist message.
Sanders spoke to a standing-room-only crowd at a theater in Wheeling – a city sandwiched between Ohio and Pennsylvania in the Northern Panhandle – and held two other events in the capital, Charleston, and in Lenore, a coal town of 1,300 just across the Tug Fork River from Kentucky.
The column below, authored by Representative Riley Moore, ran on July 4th, 2025 in several outlets across West Virginia.
One Big Beautiful Bill Delivers for West Virginia
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives passed the final amended version of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Congressman Riley M. Moore voted “Yes” on the legislation.
Congressman Moore issued the following statement:
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Riley M. Moore issued the following statement after the EPA announced plans to scrap the Biden-era Clean Power Plan 2.0 earlier today: