I've lost over 800 West Virginians the last year. Lost their lives to opiate and drug addiction. This is something that we've got to fight. We need to have treatment centers that take care of people. We need to start basically education from kindergarten all the way through adulthood. We need to get involved and stop this epidemic that's going on that's just ravaging.

You can't force people to buy a product, and then if they don't buy it, you fine them.

I don't know anyone in the hunting or sporting arena that goes out with an assault rifle.

I would never abdicate, nor would I expect any other governor to abdicate, the responsibility to protect the people of my state.

Economic development is what's going to make mountaintop removal palatable.

Every child should have a safe place in their life.

The work completed during the special session was just the beginning. During those six days we lit a spark that will positively impact the lives of our children and grandchildren, but the full fire is yet to come.