West Virginia Open Letters

From a constituent in Buckhannon, WV

Your switch to "independent" candidate stinks worse than tRumps diaper or yours!

Your abrupt attempt to portray yourself as “independent” rings hollow after years of publicly aligning yourself with Donald Trump. West Virginians notice when politicians change their messaging as public anger grows. Campaign slogans are not accountability. Tell us specifically which Trump policies

From a constituent in Buckhannon, WV

Congress Should Meet Its Own Work Requirements

SNAP recipients must document 80 hours of work or approved activity each month to keep food assistance. Meanwhile, the House has eliminated 24 legislative days this year and just left Washington after only seven workdays following its summer recess. If congressional Republicans applied their own st

From a constituent in Buckhannon, WV

25th NOW. You Will Be Held Accountable

President Trump controls America’s nuclear arsenal while displaying increasingly alarming behavior. Demand that he authorize the release of meaningful neurological and cognitive-health records and submit to an independent evaluation. Stop hiding behind partisan insults and vague assurances from his

From a constituent in Buckhannon, WV

Honor the Election—or Be Held Accountable

Our government derives its authority from the people. If Speaker Johnson or anyone else attempts to prevent duly elected members of Congress from taking office after the 2026 election, that will be an attack on representative government—and silence will be complicity. Commit now to honoring every l

From a verified voter in Parkersburg, WV

The Federal Salary Council has shown that federal civilian employee pay is 24.72% behind pay for comparable jobs in the private sector. Inflation is running about 3.4%. Yet Trump says federal civilian employees can expect no cost-of-living pay raise for 2027. We federal civilian employees have los

From a constituent in Parkersburg, WV

USPS program

Last night I listened with disbelief to Senator Blumenthal describe the plans for the postal service of the United States to launch a new program to dise nfranchise millions of voters. As you should know, this hastily launched computer program is scanning mail in ballots. If one ballot has a problem

From a verified voter in Elkins, WV

Protect Social Security — No Cuts, No Privatization

Protect Social Security. That means no benefit cuts, no raising the retirement age, and no privatization schemes that would gamble retirees' futures on the stock market. I need you to go on record opposing any proposal that reduces what current or future beneficiaries have earned. Social Security i

From a constituent in Parkersburg, WV

Everyday I read about more atrocities this Administration is committing against this country. It's hard to keep track of everything that this Administration does, but the latest? Killing wild horses. That's in addition to locking up hard working grandmas and Grandpas whose children are fighting for

From a verified voter in Shepherdstown, WV

Please protect our wild lands. Don't kill protected horses, forests, owls, don't use cyanide bombs, roundup on national forests, oil drilling please! What is happening? Stop and vote no on these horrific measures that will ruin everything we said we held dear. Please stop the massacre of N