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Freshman 2nd District Congressman Riley Moore cut the ribbon on his Martinsburg District Office Tuesday.

Martinsburg/Berkeley County Chamber of Commerce Interim President and CEO Randy Lewis gave the opening remarks.

The new district office is located at 739 Winchester Avenue in Martinsburg.

(WV News) — Members of the state's congressional delegation have joined Gov. Patrick Morrisey's call for a major disaster declaration following recent extreme weather.

U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice, along with U.S. Reps. Carol Miller and Riley Moore, all of whom are West Virginia Republicans, jointly sent a letter to President Donald Trump and Federal Emergency Management Agency Acting Regional Administrator Lilian Hutchinson.

Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) introduced legislation late last week that will prevent credit cards from using a special merchant category code (MCC) to track sales of guns and ammunition.

Moore’s legislation, the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act, would also prohibit financial institutions from tracking gun sales.

A West Virginia lawmaker is introducing a law to stop the tracking of gun and ammo sales by banks and credit card companies.

Congressman Riley Moore introduced the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act with twenty-six of his House colleagues on Tuesday.

Moore says the legislation bans the use of a new, unique Merchant Category Code for transactions involving firearms and ammunition.

West Virginia Republican Reps. Carol Miller and Riley Moore voted Thursday in favor of legislation to permanently classify fentanyl as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act.

The HALT Fentanyl Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives in a 312-108 vote.

“West Virginia has lost countless citizens to fentanyl overdose, and the HALT Fentanyl Act will close a deadly loophole and empower our justice system to aggressively prosecute the individuals poisoning our communities,” Moore said in a statement.