Youth

Senator Shelley Moore Capito partnered with representative David McKinley Saturday at University High School to help local high school students. The Academy Day is meant to provide information to students about admission to U.S. Service academies, and available ROTC scholarships. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E., (WV-1) announced that the City of Cameron and the Parkersburg Police Department have been awarded grants from the Department of Justice to help strengthen crime prevention efforts. The City of Cameron will receive $123,263 and the Parkersburg Police Department will receive $250,000. These funds will be used to hire new law enforcement officers to increase each department's policing capacity. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E., (WV-1) announced that seven different local medical centers throughout the First Congressional District will receive grants from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Read more »

Washington, D.C. – The House passed the Regulatory Integrity Act, legislation that brings more transparency to federal rule-making. An amendment to the bill sponsored by Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-1) would restrict regulators from using their private e-mails to work in the shadows with these groups during a public comment period. In recent years, federal bureaucrats have used their private e-mail accounts with outside groups to influence regulations that include the Clean Power Plan, the Cross State Air Pollution Rule, and Pebble Mine, among others. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-1) released the following statement ahead of the 15th Anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terror attacks: Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E., WV-1 spoke to thousands of active and retired coal-miners and their families about his efforts to protect pensions and health care benefits of retired miners. Below are excerpts from Congressman McKinley's remarks. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E., WV-1 will co-host an "Academy Day" with Senator Shelley Moore Capito in Morgantown for students who would like to learn more about attending one of United States Service Academies. Representatives from the U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and the U.S. Military Academy will be on hand to answer questions from interested students. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E., (WV-1) announced that two local groups; the Ohio County Substance Abuse Prevention and Advocates for Substance Abuse Prevention will each receive a $125,000 grant from the Drug Free Community Support Program to help fight drug abuse. This announcement was welcomed by several local officials. Read more »

Around 2,000 sexual assault kits are currently sitting on shelves waiting to be tested in West Virginia.Some of those kits have been there for more than a year while others have been waiting for five years. Read more »

WHEELING – The University of Pittsburgh is beating West Virginia University in scoring federal research dollars, and as a whole the Mountain State's colleges and universities aren't getting their share of federal grants for research projects, according to Rep. David McKinley. Read more »