Every child should have a caring adult in their lives. And that's not always a biological parent or family member. It may be a friend or neighbor. Often times it is a teacher.

A child's geographic location, race or parent's income level should not predetermine their life's course and it's up to us to see that they don't.

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

Wherever there is one job on the verge of being lost, I will fight to save it. Wherever there is one company looking to grow in West Virginia, I will fight to make that growth a reality.

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

Why would anybody not own a gun?

Whoever is president, my first priority is the same - as always. I look for what's best for West Virginia and the nation as a whole.