Rules established by the Environmental Protection Agency - without the consent of Congress - already have devastated entire counties in West Virginia. Tens of thousands of Mountain State residents have suffered at the EPA's hands. Much more damage is on the agency's agenda.

So U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., wanted to know last week what EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy knows about our state.

"Have you ever visited the West Virginia coalfields or been in a West Virginia coal power plant?"?McKinley asked McCarthy during a hearing in the House of Representatives.

"Not that I'm aware of."

"Have you ever been in one in Kentucky or Wyoming?"?McKinley persisted.

"No, sir."

So, McKinley pointed out, "you're never really touching base with the people that you're affecting their lives."

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