WASHINGTON – Today, Reps. David B. McKinley (R-WV) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) introduced the Preserving Rules Ordered for the Entities Covered Through (PROTECT) 340B Act, which would prohibit pharmaceutical companies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from hurting hospitals and other providers that participate in the 340B drug pricing program. This legislation is in response to concerns from ... Read more »
WASHINGTON– Today, U.S. Representative David McKinley joined with Rep. David Trone (D-MD) in introducing the bipartisan, bicameral Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) 3.0 Act. Co-chairs of the Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force Reps. Annie Kuster (D-NH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) and fellow co-chairs of the Addiction, Treatment, and Recov... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Reps. David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-W.Va.) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today introduced the Clean Energy Future through Innovation Act of 2021, a bipartisan proposal to boost innovation of clean energy technologies and reduce emissions from the power sector while preserving affordability and reliability. The legislation would make significant investments in energy innovation and ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. David B. McKinley (R-W.Va), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), John Curtis (R-UT), and Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ) introduced the bipartisan Non-Opioid Directive (NOD) Act, which would allow patients to notify health professionals that they do not wish to be treated with opioids. “The opioid epidemic has impacted the lives of nearly every West Virginian family, and throughout t... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - On Monday, U.S. Representative David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, led and moderated an in person Congressional hearing entitled “Mounting Costs: The Real Harm of the Biden Administration’s Environmental Agenda on the American People and the Economy.” The Committee heard from the following p... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, led and moderated an in person Congressional hearing entitled “Mounting Costs: The Real Harm of the Biden Administration’s Environmental Agenda on the American People and the Economy.” The Committee heard from the following parti... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative David McKinley P.E. (R-W.Va.) testified at a hearing of the West Virginia Public Service Commission (PSC) regarding the Mitchell Power Plant and its role in providing West Virginia and other states with resilient and reliable electricity as well as the importance of jobs and tax revenue supported by the power plant. Late last year, American Electric Power fil... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Each spring, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) works with the Department of Defense (DOD) to make updates to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. On Memorial Day, Clarksburg veteran Larry R. Tenda’s name will finally be added to the wall. Marine Corps PFC Larry R. Tenda fought and died from his injuries in the Vietnam War. He sustained wounds from a grenade explosion at h... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representatives David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-W.Va) and Brad Schneider (D-IL) introduced bipartisan legislation to train more doctors equipped to combat the opioid epidemic. The Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act of 2021 would create 1,000 additional residency positions over five years to hospitals with addiction medicine, addiction psychiatry, or pain management programs. T... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – This past weekend, U.S. Rep. David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-W.Va) traveled with Rep. Paul Tonko on a tour of West Virginia District One as part of the American Congressional Exchange (ACE) sponsored by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). The trip included stops at West Virginia University, Shinnston, and continued to Westlake Chemical, Blue Racer Midstream, and Covestro in Natrium, ... Read more »
