Washington, D.C.—Rep. David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-WV), votes to protect jobs in West Virginia by preventing the Obama Administration from implementing new destructive coal regulations.

“The Obama Administration continues to regulate based on ideology and not science,” said Rep. McKinley. “They fail to take into account the impact the excessive regulations have on our economy. Dozens of regulations on the coal and energy industry continue to harm hard-working Americans with the loss of thousands of jobs, higher energy bills, and uncertainty about their future.”

The Stream Buffer Zone Rule regulates waste from surface coal mining and reclamation operations that are close to streams. Over the past five years, the Obama Administration has spent millions of dollars to rewrite the rule, which would cost 7,000 jobs and cause economic harm to 22 states, including West Virginia.

“This Administration has already wasted millions of taxpayer dollars on this overreaching regulation that will cost thousands of jobs and negatively impact energy production,” said Rep. McKinley. “This needs to stop. Today, the House took another step to push back against the EPA and stop the War on Coal.”