West Virginia's current Congressman has no published economic plan. It feels like every time he speaks, the only thing he talks about is the "War on Coal". All candidates in this race care about coal miners and will do what they can to help the industry. Focusing only on this "War on Coal" is doing a disservice to the state. Basic economics shows that Natural Gas is the main killer of the industry. This is similar to CDs and mp3' creating a 'war on cassette tapes'. We need to diversify. Our coal miners made a sacrifice and they need to be taken care of, but we need to look to the future.

In addition, the current Congressman wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act. While improvements need to be made to the Act, if it is repealed, black lung benefits will be lost ("Black Lung Help Will Be Lost If ACA Repealed", Register-Herald, October 21, 2016). Coal miners can't afford this!