Congressional Republicans will focus on five priorities this session, a U.S. representative from West Virginia said Thursday.

The five primary areas will set the stage for the Republican legislative initiatives for 2016 and into 2017, U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., said.

The priorities were reached at a recent Republican retreat, McKinley said, and are: focusing on national security including the threat from ISIS, military spending and revisions to the War Powers Act; economic growth through tax and regulatory reforms to encourage companies to develop in America rather than overseas; an alternative to the Affordable Care Act; reducing poverty in the United States; and Constitutional changes better clarifying the equal powers of the three branches of government.

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McKinley was in Parkersburg meeting with constituents and focus groups, including contractors and businesses. It was the 137th time he was in Wood County since taking office.

"Not that we keep track of these things," he said.

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