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one of the things i am really proud of, the state of west virginia. last month, it was one of the highest percentage increases in gdp, the state of texas beat it. people are saying wait a minute, west virginia just came in second. do you know what that is about? cutting regulations and letting

of course barack obama will not be invited to west virginia. win that race without his help. in virginia where you have an extremely popular former president, 65% approval rating that dwarfs donald trump's approval rating and of congress that matters in a state that hillary carried. same with new jersey. what you're seeing is sometimes the former president is a great asset to a statewide candidate. in west virginia he is not and joe manchin can win without him. >> sandra: he was quoting george bush there but she called the speech dark and divisive and a speech from the white nationalist gut. thank you for coming on this morning. >> bill: we're waiting to hear from the vice president, mike pence speaking in moments at an event in washington recognizing those who were killed during the 1983 bombing of our marine baracks in beirut. we'll take you there live when it begins. #oneluckyguy coming upon "happening now," pressing forward on two big campaign promises. text of form and repealing and replacing obamacare. can they see eye to eye and get legi

west virginia, the coalfields most direly got hit hard. i go around and being governor, former governor and i my position use senate and seeing the devastation that's gone on, first of all we were all in denial thinking that if you are addicted you are a criminal, we'll put you away. we did that. for 20, 30 just that we never could anybody. so now we understand and those who are not naysayers or deniers that addiction is an illness, and you list each treatment. if you don't have treatment centers, forget about it. we are starting in west virginia we have to start pre-ks was education in schools what this has done. we have no place to take the children. we take them out of a drug infested home. we have people talking about orphanages again to try to get them out ofng a drug infested hell. how do you clean the person of if you don't have treatment center so i introduced the called lifeboat. one penny per milligram for every milligram they produce of opioids in the united states of america. that produces 1.5-$2 billion. one penny, and they're

baylor, they've got west virginia. west virginia coming off the victory today at home over number 24 texas tech. cornelius completes the pass to tyrell alexander, he does i good job staying in bounds there too. they know how to milk clock and impressed with this offense. they are very situationally strong and well coached and you would expect that. mike gundy is really got it going with this group in particular. >> done a good job utilizing everybody. the cowboys backs with the two cowboy back formations and they've utilized the wide outs pretty darn well. >> and i would say so. >> and multiple tail backs getting involve and moving the receiver a couple of times. cornelius having a nice rhythm, getting the ball out quickly. >> handoff once again. and wrapped up in the back field is wilson. >> baylor playing sell out defense and trying to get the ball back. >> >> that is two tfl assist for jalen petery on that box coach. >> they love him. another guy that coach rhule got into the previous game that we covered him, anoth

. >>> the remote mountains of west virginia and just entered america's only national radio quiet zone. this is "vital signs." that means there no cell service radio wi-fi. making it quiet and an ideal place to disconnect. welcome to green bank, west virginia, the last official census in 2010 lists the population of 143. the it's peaceful. beautiful and true to its name. very green. in the middle of the surrounding forest, a stark white object rises from the landscape. this telescope and the everyone others here are the reason this quiet zone exists in the first place. >> in order for that to function properly it has to have minimal to no interfeernts from radio waives. i can't even wear a wireless microphone while talking to you. >> mike hole steen first came to here. >> man is great at create ig electronic signals that would simply overwhelm the as tro nom i cal siggial they're trying to obtain. >> transmissions using electro magnetic waves are heavily restricted. and they are completely banned by the state of west virginia in a 10-mile radius around the observato observatory. that's

denise burditus from west virginia. she died in her husband's arms sunday

west virginia is leading the country in opioid addiction.do people like doing here in west virginia? >> drinking beer, naked parties. use your imagination. jesse: is heroin a problem? >> no, it's mostly pills and pot. jesse: someone who has been at the forefront of the president's efforts, kellyanne conway. i hate to use west virginia as an example when it comes to this stuff. but i was listening to senator manchin saying there is a town there 400 people, and a million pain killers shipped into that town. it's unbelievable. is this the kind of effort you are putting forth where you could see executives face jail time? kellyanne: you can't ignore the numbers. when a democratic senator like joe manchin joins the president and the first lady in the news conference and hold a press could be forensic, it's important to put that visibility behind it. make sure those overprescribing are put on notice. we have millions of chronic pain sufferers. we are talking about the person who gets surgery or the injury or the dental procedure and goes home with

i think most important issue for west virginia is twofold. i think it's an issue of poverty, which also ties into our drug epidemic. lack of jobs, lack of community, just make this drug epidemic worse, and it is just a cycle that builds upon itself. >> my name is karissa and i'm a senior plate:science major at the university of charleston and one of the biggest issues in west virginia the to the governor pushing a road bond for a special elect that's going to seedily pump million snead infrastructure which sounds really nice but when you lookty big picture it's going hurt my generation and millenials. they ait's so the going to raise tax but if you look down the road, it's just going screw west virginia long-term ask that's not something we need right now. >> i'm tim armstrong, speaker of the house of delegates. in west virginia hey had some very difficult economic times over the past five or six years, particularly in our coal industry and one of our top priority is is to improve our economy do and be able to put people back to work win. hey

petersburg, west virginia at 81. that's some of the warmer air that will eventually move in across our region. right now a very nice night around the metro region. 63 degrees. winds out of the southwest about three miles an hour but we're 63 downtown. but look what happens when you've got high pressure across the area and very dry air. 63 d.c. 48 in winchester. 50 right now in culpepper. a 15 degree temperature difference here. 13 degree temperature difference not too far away. manassas, nokesville also coming in at 50. it's going to be a cool start tomorrow. get ready for that. nothing on the radar picture. we're going to stay dry and that dry air is going to stick here for the next couple of days. high pressure dominating. nothing across the entire east. you could actually see the area, the flow, the clouds moving across and around that area of high pressure. right now sitting directly over us. tomorrow morning starting off on a cool note. now, this is for the city. 58 degrees. yeah, maybe the jacket and the sweate

the mayor of the capital city of west virginia, charleston. i think the most important issue for us is keeping young people here because if we plan things you we willt have ah state that is young and vibrant and exciting, and full of new ideas. continuous that is involvement that will make our city and state great. >> voices from the state on c-span. card today president trump held a joint news conference with the greek prime minister at the white house. they spoke about u.s. relations with greece, the greek economy, and health care legislation. this is 35 minutes.

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four out of five west virginia families will benefit. that's an enormous savings and more taxpayers will benefit as a larger standard deduction means fewer people itemize. that will go up. mix filing taxes simpler so our taxpayers can file on a single form without all the extra time and money it takes. families will benefit from the economic growth tax reform will bring to the country. this is probably the biggest impact that tax reform will have for working families. lower the corporate rate, yes or companies but we have to make them competitive across the globe. were not competing. what kind of effect does that have? fewer jobs and lower wages. company and snow if they invest in their workforce will have a more productive workforce to produce products, sell products to enhance the quality of life for their communities. many of these large corporations do a lot of work in the community service part of our country, whether helping schools are the baseball teams are sponsoring a robotics team. so why does that matter? within 2 trillion in

he returned home to west virginia. he came back to kirby, west virginia. and he started his own small businesses. first, e.h. chocolates and more, and later, farm fresh produce. both are growing and delicious businesses. small businesses employ middle-class americans that power this and other small businesses across the country. we need more folks like eric. lots more -- that are willing to take the risk, have a good idea, that want to stay and work in their homes in rural america and certainly in our state of west virginia, which mass had a major economic downturn, we need more erics. we need to simplify the tax code for small businesses and focus on what they do best -- which is refining their products, providing their services, providing jobs for people in their various areas. tax reform, as much as any other policy that congress can advance, will promote growth and provide job opportunities across this great country across the entire country only two in five distressed communities have seen any job growth during the past five years. fully 50% of u.s. j

it was never intended to be a wholesale market to open the floodgates to west virginia. they were already open. i have one little town so tell me something that should not have been flagged. everybody is at fault but how do you stop it? getting the enforcement people to do their job stop them the dea those that know what to look for our how to prosecute and prevent them from going into the pharmaceutical industry the business the same week to get a big paycheck. >> to be clear this is not partisan it is republicans and democrats. >> he has as much problems as in ohio than west virginia and new hampshire. this does not have partisanship and we keep our mouths shut. we were afraid to embarrass ourselves. everything that i know that has been affected. >> so should this act we repealed were you willing to do?. >> we already co-sponsored and i'm sure it will be a bipartisan effort. >> i was happy to see this morning the judiciary committee is the first half to address the issue and to be bipartisan and that hearing will take place soon and looking at the dave said this mornin

i'm the mayor of the capital city of west virginia, charleston. i think the most important issue for us is keeping young people here because if we plan things around the youth and we're able to keep the youth, then we will have a state that is young and vibrant and exciting. and full of new ideas. and i think that continuous involvement is what will make our city, state great. >> voices from the states on c-span. >>> cybersecurity industry leaders recently got together to talk about public/private partnerships, critical infrastructure resilience, and the trump administration's cybersecurity executive order, which aims to strengthen federal government networks and critical infrastructure. this is about 50 minutes. >> thanks, everybody, for being here today. my name is christian beckner. i'm the deputy director here, here to give frank a bit of a breather during this morning's conference. we have a

senator joe manchin of west virginia joins us now.ot of important things to talk about this morning. >> yeah. >> this is one of them. i know you have your own questions. you're trying to get your own information. >> i am on the intelligence committee and do intend to be briefed as soon as information comes to us from the intelligence committee. that hasn't happened yet. i hope it happens sooner than later. >> are you satisfied with the president that it's difficult for him to contact these families? he's going to contact them. he's contacting them now. it's hard for him. >> chris, i'm sure president trump and president obama both contact families. that is a hard call when you're making that because, you know, we're fathers. we're grandfathers. we have children and grandchildren and when you lose a loved one, when a person loses their child, that is a tough call. i don't know how to relieve their pain. i want to know that i feel their pain. i understand as a parent what you're going through and i want you to know i'm never going to lea

under this administration, west virginia is roaring back. we celebrated the opening of the that brought back economic security and hope. and the first quarter of 2017, west virginia was second in the nation in gdp. out west, local communities like my home state of montana, [inaudible] railroad andom a timber town. if you want to see small towns get stripped, no jobs, the elderly, kids cannot come home, it affects a lot of small communities. i can tell you the on: miningion's war and timber and the ability for a local community, they have opportunity and to use our that isands for wealth, over. one of my first actions to ourrse the ban on coal on public land. mining was up 20% nationally in the first quarter. gdp now stands at 3.1% this quarter. 3.1% this quarter. we are also making progress on oil and gas. the trump administration has offered more onshore oil and gas leases in the first six months of 2017 than the previous administration did in all of 2016. we have held the first successful sale in the cook inlet and the gulf of mexico, we a

the showers are back out into west virginia kind from west to east generally speaki along 81, maybe youate -- if it does clear 81 and gets to our side of 81, again maybe a very light shower or sprinkle mostly cloudy out there this morning. we'll get into some more sunshine as the day progresses. binghamton is 54 degrees. pittsburgh is 63. columbus is 62. here's you were forecast for today. again, we get into some good sunshine, especially this afternoon. temperatures will be up into the middle 80's. here's erin como. >> 5:36 right now. and we are taking a look at our maps and our cameras and we're seeing quiet conditions. this is the bottom side of the beltway as you cross the wilson bridge. inner loop is at speed. it's just going to take you eight minutes to get from branch avenue to the wilson bridge. branch avenue congestion is piing up. not enough to cause any major delays as you come up from clinton toward the beltway this morning. traffic also looking good on 50 as you make your way inbound. we're not seeing any problems on the east or westbound side. from the beltway to bw parkwa

in west virginia the floodgates were already opened. had one little town, kermit, west virginia, 392 people, nine in one eoples pharmacy. wasn't me somebody flag and it should have been. do you stop it? you get the enforcement people back to do their job. do you stop them from going from one -- from the d.e.a., people that know what to look for and how to investigate and prosecute , and d.o.j., and going into from the pharmaceutical industry business within the same week. a big paycheck. mike: just to be clear. failure. t a partisan this is not republicans and democrats. congressman manchin: he has as problems in ohio as maggie has in new hampshire. it doesn't have partisanship. tchems, republicans, doesn't matter. e keep our mouth shuts because as family members we maggie has in new hampshire. it doesn't have were afraid to emfairs anybody. emfairs ourselves. and every y i know place in this audience probably knows somebody that has been ffected. question to each of you. what needs to be done to fix this? should this bill, the ensuring

has he turned west virginia around? >> my conversation with the president, he knows i very much want to work with him on a tax overhaul that bakely gives the person who is getting a paycheck, every day getting a paycheck is able to benefit from a tax reduction. not with people at the top end of the rich, the 1 percenters, as he called the very wealthy, are not going to get. do i want to find something that stimulates the economy and gives us something on a more regular basis? we talked to ivanka last night. she's concerned, we're all concerned about that. the average worker is having a hard time surviving raising a family, taking care of a family, paying their bills. today i voted against a budget for one reason and one reason only. the budget that the republican legislature, the senate, put before us had first of all $474 billion to. this was the cut in the line item that they will cut from medicaid that for the first time had any type of support and relief or help for people who have addiction or mental illness. those

west virginia was sort of the canary in the coal mine on this because of the heavy industrial work that took place in west virginia, a lot of injuries, and a lot of addictio addiction, and a lot of pill dumping, , and that happened hee before a lot of other parts of the country, but now it is in every part of the country, it is part of our national life, and i think a lot of people on the front lines of this are going to wonder why this administration went for this lesser choice, which was to talk about a public health emergency, and 90 days with the special authorities, as opposed to a national emergency, which was first discussed, more spending, more intervention, and folks in west virginia would want to know why not go all the way? >> dana: we are going to keep you with us, and thankfully, they kept the congressman with us as well. we are going to wait for the presence speech on opioid addiction, is a national health emergency i do want to ask you about tax reform because the budget passed narrowly, the president says it is a big win because it gives him a pass to get you a tax refor

i recently traveled to one of the hardest-hit states in the country: west virginia.s the highest death rate from drug overdoses in the country. we spent some time in one city to get a sense of just how wide and deep this crisis is and how opioids have changed the very fabric of life there. >> burger king? station 3, station 3. >> 3210 washington boulevard for an overdose. advise that female is outside on the ground. >> sreenivasan: it's not even 10:30 in the morning in huntington, west virginia, and it's happened again: another overdose, this time just outside a fast food restaurant. a woman is unconscious and turning blue on the sidewalk. first responders move in withan anti-overdose medication naloxone, a few minutes pass. she revives, as if waking from a nap. the needles she used go in a sharps container. the woman goes in an ambulance. it's become a well-choreographed dance in this city on the banks of the ohio river and at the heart of america's opioid epidemic. >> i bet you i've been to 20 overdoses in that house. >> sreenivasan: jan rader is the fire chief in

friends of a west virginia woman friends of a west virginia woman virginia woman killed in the las vegas massacre are virginia woman killed in the las vegas massacre are banding together to mourn her loss. a vigil was held last night for denise burditis. people gathered on the football field of her alma mater, hedgesville high school. some of those attending the vigil were burditus's classmates who graduated with her in 1985. some of them planned to go to las vegas with her and her husband, to celebrate everyone turning 50. but those plans didn't work out. steps forward for a woman from maryland who was wounded in las vegas. a spokesperson for tina frost's family says she was able to take a few breaths on her own when she was taken off a ventilator. the graduate of arundel high is in a coma after trauma and losing an eye. we'll keep you posted as we find out more about her condition. it's 4:xx and next on good morning washington.... and today we are tracking the tropics.... tropical storm nate this week hitting areas of honduras and already proving deadly. we have the latest from the str

and a west virginia poet explores a difficult subject-- the opioid crisis. first, we return to a story we first told you about in 2015, about a young couple trying to overcome the scars of war. william brangham brings us up to date. >> brangham: two years ago, we went to colorado to tell the story of a badly-wounded young marine veteran and his wife. they wanted to start a family. but as you'll see, the challenges facing them-- physical and financial-- were daunting. all newlyweds face challenges, but jason and rachel hallett have more than most. jason is a triple amputee. back in 2010, as a 19-year-old marine, he lost two legs and one arm when he stepped on an i.e.d in afghanistan. >> when 9/11 and everything happened i had a little bit of interest in joining the military but as soon as that happened, everything was circling around me joining the military. >> brangham: after his injury, jason had multiple surgeries at various u.s. military facilities. he hadn't been in touch with rachel since they dated back in the eighth grade. but in the hospital, he look

they don't exist in any large numbers in west virginia. in my state, 80% of the jobs created are small businesses as well. anybody can suggest that there are those of us coming to the floor to talk about tax breaks for the rich and corporations need to go back and look at our states and whose struggling and who we're trying to help. we get to the tax reform bill after we pass the budget, and that's why i'm going to support the budget. now, to some-my colleagues on this side of the aisle. you know, the founding fathers did strive and created a more perfect union, but they created an imperfect democratic process. this is the sausage factory we call democracy. it's not intended to be perfect nor does it produce anything that's perfect, legislation, something that's done and you never come back to. but those of us who come to this floor and say unless i can have that perfect, i'm not willing to support the good, they really lead in to go back and rethink why they are here. we're heror start fulfilling promises. you don't do it by coming on the

in west virginia where the median income is $41000, hardly the wealthy. families are forced to make hard trade-offs as they balance their checkbooks each month. expenses are going up and most americans haven't received a raise in years. this is a primary goal of our tax reform, to help those living paycheck to paycheck. what middle-class income folks in their pocket and decide what they want to do with their money. i raised three children. i know just putting shoes on your children is an expensive proposition.n. a framework that we have set forward will help our families in many way. it calls for significant increase in child tax credit.f colleagues from the house and the senate were joined with mrs. trump to learn what it would mean to have a tax cut for middle-class family. they could take a higher.hi credit child credit on their taxes. money they have earned that would save them money on their taxes and they deserve to spend on their t own. many americans find themselves in the sandwich generation whether not just caring for their children but their pa

well, 83% of the taxpayers in west virginia take the standard deduction. they're going to get a doubling in their standard deduction. that's more money for them to take home, to put the value of where they want to spend it with their own families. so four out of five west virginia working families will benefit from that. that is an enormous savings, and even more taxpayers are likely to benefit as the larger standard deduction means that fewer people will itemize. so we expect that figure to go up from 83% up. it makes filing taxes simpler and it makes it so that our taxpayers can file on a single form without all of the extra forms, time, and money that it takes. and finally, most importantly, families will benefit from the economic growth that tax reform will bring to our country. this is probably the biggest impact that tax reform will have for working families. we'll lower the corporate rate, yes, for companies, but we've got to make our companies competitive across the globe. we're not. we're not competing. what kind of effect does that have? fewer jo

joining me now, joeman manchin of west virginia. his state west virginia is one of the hardest hit by the epidemic. thanks for being here. >> thanks. >> you wanted the president and you supported the president's commission recommendation that this be declared a national emergency, public health emergency is different, only 90 days, though it can be renewed and the money is not available immediately. are you disappointed the president didn't declare this a national emergency. >> you can say too little too late it's not, basically again this started putting at high level. there's not one person in that room today and not one legislator that hasn't been affected. i'm ground zero, west virginia, i got more deaths per capita, more people addicted per capita. when sometimes the money gets divided up, jake, it goes on population. well less than 2 million people live in my state, population wise, bigger states are going to get more share. we've got more problems. i try to relate to it. this is lying fighting a war. you have your soldiers on

west virginia fans excited. rudolph redeemed himself.loating the 19-yard td pass to james washington. the 14-point game. cowboys win 50-39 and still have just one loss. >>> coming up, the rest of the day in college football. a good one on deck. texas tech and oklahoma. stick around. until then, back to you. >> we're not going anywhere. thanks a lot. >>> white nationalists took to the streets today in two tennessee cities. >> coming up, who the organizers say was -- what the organizers say was the main objective of the white lives matter rally. >>> and additional charges in a frat death at penn state as two other fraternity find themselves in trouble. >>> take a look at this -- oklahoma c

i'm just west virginia, period.t democrat, republican to me. >> would you want hillary clinton to come campaign for you? >> wouldn't be wise for hillary to come to west virginia. it wouldn't be a good thing for her or for me. the clintons are friends of mine. you can separate friendship from politics. surely you can. if you can't today, what's happened to the whole political process that we're in. with that, they have always known west virginia. they worked when i was governor because of arkansas being similar demographics. so we have a great relationship. it's just things that were said, it's harmful and very hard to justify or say. she made a big mistake and it was wrong. with that, you don't throw friendships out because someone says something you don't approve or disagree with them. i don't pick friendships by everything i say or everything i do. i just -- this toxicity. you just asked about the 401(k). believe it or not, i am in d.c. i go to the grocery store this morning. a man says, you're senator. y i am. i

up in the mountains of west virginia, it's a pocket of cold air aloft overhead. there's no cold front or anything like that. with that cold air aloft, we are wringing out a couple lonesome raindrops. this won't be lasting all day. most of it should swing out we're in the 40s to 50 now as you plan out our day. plan on a cool one. temperatures staying mostly in the 50s later on this afternoon. a closer look at the freezing cold start possible tomorrow and the weekend coming up. >> thank you, chuck. prorngs county police are interviewing people in connection with this person. he was pictured on camera near the crime scene. shomari stone has exclusive information on what authorities have learned so far. >> reporter: a dark cloud of worry hangs over bowie, maryland. although wind chimes ring peacefully, mia has anxiety. >> it's upsetting. >>> she lives near where police say a man sexually assaulted a woman in the culling ton station neighborhood. >> it's more aware of just your surroundings. >> reporter: the woman told investigators she was jogging on this popular tra

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from west virginia, mr. jenkins, for five minutes. mr. speaker, everyone remembers the excitement of receiving that first paycheck and the feeling of accomplishment that hard work brings. and we also remember just as vividly the disappointment we experienced when we saw just how much of our hard-earned money went to taxes. it's a rite of passage that we've grown used to but that doesn't mean it's right. americans deserve to take more home of their pay. that's exactly why we need tax reform, tax cuts, tax simplification and why i'm working with president donald trump to make our tax system work for west virginia's families. our tax framework would cut taxes for west virginia's middle classes families, double the standard deduction for families and couples and create jobs by making small businesses and american companies more competitive. west virginia's families work hard and have been squeezed by economic economy's downturn. under our tax framework and with the support of president trump, help is on the way.

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this outdoor recreation is one of west virginia's most beautiful tourist destinations. the small businesses there are hampered by the lack of connectivity. we heard firsthand from business owners who can't grow their business because of poor internet connectivity. it is hard a tract businesses to locate in these more rural parts of our states. a restaurant owner shared their difficulty in getting online reservations. chairman pai is a great listener. he listens to what the issues are. and those are reducing barriers to investment, streamlining the regulatory environment, encouraging public-private partnerships, ensuring accountability on behalf of the taxpayer, and so following his tour across the country where he stopped in west virginia, chairman pai has proposed a digital empowerment agenda right down the alley of the issues that we've just talked about, to grant americans living in communities of all sizes, from urban cores to smaller towns with these opportunities. l chairman pai's agenda highlight add variety of specific measures the f.c.c., congress, and state an

. >> huntington, west virginia's fire chief on the day in the life, fighting the epidemic. joining me for insight and analysis are chris matthews, host of "hardball" on msnbc. amy walter, national editor of the cook political report. al cardenas, former chairman of the american conservative union. and eliana johnson of politico. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, celebrating its 70th year, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. it's his party and you can cry if you want to. however you view what's happened to the republican party over the past year, president trump has managed a hostile takeover or that he's being greeted as a liberator, there's no question now that he has recreated the party in his own image, at least the base of his party in his own image. beyond that, he's struggling. our brand new nbc news "wall

. >> one example, a pharmacy in kermit, west virginia, a town of 392 people.ered 9 million hydrocodone pills. >> the companies are a big reason? >> absolutely they are. i can tell you with 100% accuracy we were in there on multiple occasions trying to get them to change their behavior. they flat out ignored. >> reporter: then there was congress, a bill introduced in the house by pennsylvania congressman, tom marino pro promoted as a way to ensure patients had access to the pain medication they needed. jonathan novak who worked in the dea legal office says what the bill really did was strip the agency of its ability to immediately freeze suspicious shipments of prescription narcotics to kth u.s. streets. >> they're toothless. i don't know how they stop this now. it's, a very sad state of affairs. >> reporter: last year, the bill was presented to congress and passed both houses through unanimous consent. with no recorded votes. >> without objection the bill is read a third time and passed. >> i just don't understand why congress would pass a bill that strips us

there chairman i met a man in kirby west virginia was a small chocolate business. he is having trouble following up with orders and attracting new customers because he can't get consistent broadband access. last august i held a roundtable discussion with chairman pai in fayette county focusing on the digital divide and the impact on tourism. we visited adventures on the gorge and i even convinced him to join me on the bridge walk across the beautiful new river. the new river gorge. this outdoor recreation destination is one of west virginia's most beautiful and f premier tourist destinations but small businesses there are hampered by the lack of connectivity. we heard from her sample business owners who can't grow their business because of poor internet connectivity. it's hard to attract the workforce to live and visit in rural parts of our state. local restaurant owner shared their difficulty in notifying customers of available tables to their online system. the lost business because of that. during each of the chairman's visit we discovered possible solutions tha

south dakota only and seven west virginia only 17% of the people get a $9000 break in west virginia the $6000 break in north dakota. not to leave off north dakota. there around between four and $596,800. okay folks? the achilles' heel of this bill, there are many estate local deductibility. kills the middle class and the upper middle income people. it doesn't affect the rich. they don't pay a lot of property taxes, they make their money in high-income places. a lot of stocks and bonds. the standard deduction does not undo it because you lose the standard exemption. even if you just husband-and-wife without kids i'm can ask unanimous consent the debate be delayed for a few minutes. i just need to finish my remarks, most on. okay. so, the benefit of state local deductibility affects every state, every city, every town, every municipality and goes deep into the middle class and working class. one other point i have to make, never realizing that some of our republican colleagues or say will modify. folks, there's no real way to modify the provision to eliminate state local deductibility. yo

i think the most important issue for west virginia is twofold. i think it is an issue of poverty which ties into our drug epidemic. lack of jobs, lack of opportunity, it makes the drug epidemic worse. it is a cycle that builds upon itself. >> my name is christopher, i may political science major. isn of the biggest issues governor just as pushing a road bond for our special election that is going to supposedly pump millions in our infrastructure which sounds nice. but you look at the big picture, it is going to hurt my generation and millennials in the future. it says it will not raise taxes. that it will not be a problem. but if you look down the road, it is going to screw west virginia long-term. that is not something we need now. and was virginia we have had -- economic times in the past five or six years. is to our top priorities improve our economy and be able to put people back to work. we have taken a great deal of different steps to do that. that is what our priorities are right now. >> my name is lauren. i'm a senior at the university of

that included 11 million doses sent to mingo county, west virginia, population 25,000. 11 million pills to people in a 25,000 county. what "the washington post" revealed yesterday was that representative marino worked to pass a bill in 2016 that made it, quote, virtually impossible for the d.e.a. to freeze suspicious narcotic shipments. confirming representative marino as our nation's drug czar is like putting the wolf in charge of the henhouse. the american people deserve someone totally committed to fighting the opioid crisis, not someone who has labored on behalf of the drug industry. so tonight i am calling on president trump to withdraw the nomination of representative marino for the on dc p. we can do better. senator manchin has made such a call. he's right. president trump ought to withdraw representative marino's nomination. and the -- if the president presses forward with marino it will be another betrayal in a long line of betrayals on issues near and dear to rural america. the president's tax plan lavishes the wealthy and the big corporation but does little for the working ma

i know common sense is common sense and you can't be in west virginia. you can't fool them. i said chuck, if people like me in the democratic party can't get elected you will never be in the majority. let me tell you, josh is a good friend of mine and a great young man and i can change it to things to change america today and you want to change the dynamics of this town first, i go to work everyday in a hostile working environment. he said what i mean and i said i go to work everyday as a democrat the deep by my name expected to make phone calls using the [inaudible] weber is republican will be my best friend and it makes no difference. republicans are expected to the same thing. they come to work every day and have to raise money and i said from day one that i will not do that. next ball they expect you to go into the district or the state that a republican is running if they're up for reelection and we call them [inaudible] because they are in a cycle and we want to d seminar or an art instead of a d. if you did that in west virginia every day and you're trying to get your