Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-W.Va.) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 7010, the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 Act: “Small businesses across the country are struggling in the face of the pandemic. Thankfully Congress provided a lifeline to small businesses with forgivable loans through the Paycheck Protection Program. However, now that we have more understanding of the economic fallout of this crisis, it is important we a... Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Save Minor League Baseball Task Force Co-Chairs Congressman David McKinley (WV-01), Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03),Congressman Max Rose (NY-11), and Congressman Mike Simpson (ID-02) introduced bipartisan legislation to extend additional federal coronavirus relief to small businesses, including Minor League Baseball teams, who face exacerbated financial stress because of the public health precautions necessary to slow the spread of COVID-19. “Minor League Baseball is a... Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an op-ed that ran in Business Insider, Reps. David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-W.Va.) and Tim Ryan (D-O.H.) discussed how the recent shortages of medical supplies and equipment are just one example of the risks we face due to the U.S. dependence on China and other foreign nations for making many of our vital goods. The Congressional Commission we call for in the op-ed would address these questions: How can we predict future supply chain disruptions? What can we do now to reduce fu... Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. —U.S. Representative David B. McKinley P.E. (R-W.Va.) issued the following statement after the House passed the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act: “Rather than working in a bipartisan fashion to address our economic and public health crisis as we did on previous COVID-19 relief legislation, Speaker Pelosi instead brought the House back to vote on an 1,800-page, $3 trillion liberal wish list. This bill won’t pass the Senate and President Trump ... Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Lugar Center, a non-partisan policy organization, recently named Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E., (WV-1) the 10th most bipartisan Member of the House of Representatives for 2019. The Lugar Center produces a yearly bipartisan ranking for how each member works across party lines to achieve results. “The people of West Virginia’s First District did not hire me to just represent one party in Congress. They wanted someone who would work across the aisle to achieve results on... Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C.— On Tuesday,Representatives David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-WV) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and 24 Members of Congress announced they sent a letter to Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as the Trump Administration, urging them to address the needs of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in the next COVID-19 relief package. Over the past decade, declining mail volume has caused the USPS to lose money and put it in a precarious financial situati... Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced three grants to West Virginia communities from the EPA Brownfields Program. These grants will provide over $1 million in assistance to help communities assess and clean-up areas contaminated by previous industrial activity. “Across the First District and the rest of West Virginia we have hundreds of abandoned industrial sites that sit empty. Many of these sites would be attractive for redevelopment, but have legacy... Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representative David B. McKinley, P.E. joined Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito in calling upon the federal government to better equip two in-state prisons currently in use as quarantine sites for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. The leaders sent a joint letter Tuesday urging Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to help secure point-of-care testing machines for FCI Gilmer and FCI Hazelton, located respectively in Gilmer and Preston cou... Read more

Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-W.Va.) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 266, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement (PPP and HCE) Act: “The Coronavirus pandemic has left a trail of destruction in its wake – hundreds of thousands who have been diagnosed with the virus, nearly 50,000 dead, and many millions more who have lost their livelihood and are feeling financial pain as a result. Last week over four million Americans lost their jobs, brin... Read more

Representatives David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-WV) and David Trone (D-MD) and 30 Members of Congress announced they sent a letter to the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar urging HHS to issue guaranteed purchase orders for medical supplies needed to combat the outbreak of COVID-19. In the letter, the Members identified critical supplies that are necessary to protect health care workers from infection, provide appropriate care to patients, conduct adequate testing, and support ... Read more