A Platform for a Hard Moment
For West Virginia. For America. For the Republic.
We’re living through a moment of strain. Not a moment of collapse, but of testing.
• Our economy is producing wealth, yet too many families are poorer.
• Our nation is powerful, yet too many feel powerless.
• Our democracy exists on paper, yet too often fails in practice.
This didn’t happen overnight.
And it will not be fixed with slogans, scapegoats, or strongmen.
It will be fixed by restoring a government that serves the people, respects work, honors truth, and understands that freedom without fairness is fragile.
West Virginia knows this truth better than most. We’ve powered the nation, fought its wars, fed its industries, and paid the price when promises were broken. We’re not asking for charity. We’re demanding justice.
After nearly forty years in uniform, I’m running for Congress for one simple reason — too many hardworking West Virginians are being made sicker, poorer, and less free by a political system controlled by billionaires, lobbyists, and career politicians.
It’s time to take our power back.
Below is my legislative platform built to protect working families, veterans, seniors, coal communities, teachers, nurses, and small-town West Virginians. Every plank is grounded in fairness, accountability, and the belief that public service is a sacred duty.
My priorities are to —
Clean Up Washington
“Democracy doesn’t die only by force.
It dies when people stop believing it works for them.”
Ban Stock Trading by Members of Congress
No member of Congress, or their family, should profit from inside information. If you serve the public, you shouldn’t be trading stocks. Period.
Term Limits for Congress
Career politicians created this mess. Term limits help restore accountability and trust. No office in a democracy should become a lifetime possession.
Term Limits for the Supreme Court
No American — right, left, or center — should wield lifetime political power.
End Dark Money & Overhaul Campaign Finance
Repeal Citizens United. Elections shouldn’t be auctions. Limit campaign contributions to people who actually live in the district.
Balanced Budget Accountability
If Congress can’t pass a budget on time, they shouldn’t get paid on time.
Fight for Working Families
“A nation that doesn’t honor work can’t remain free.
A job should pay enough to live with dignity.”
Raise the Federal Minimum Wage
No one working full-time should need government assistance to survive.
Corporate Penalties for Poverty Wages
If a billionaire corporation pays so little that full-time workers still qualify for SNAP or Medicaid, that corporation — not taxpayers — is on welfare. That must end.
Strengthen the Right to Organize
Work to repeal “Right to Work” laws nationally and strengthen collective bargaining by fully restoring the National Labor Relations Act and the National Industrial Recovery Act.
Ban Stock Buybacks
Corporate profits should go to American workers and reinvestment in communities — not to CEO bonuses.
Restore the Glass-Steagall Act
Reinstate the firewall between Main Street checking accounts and Wall Street gambling.
Protect Social Security
and Retirement
“We don’t abandon workers
after they’ve serve the nation.”
Remove the Cap on Social Security Taxes
A coal miner and a nurse pay Social Security taxes on every dollar they earn. The wealthy shouldn’t stop contributing at $168,000. This single reform secures Social Security for generations — without cutting benefits.
National Anti-Scam Legislation
Strengthen crypto regulation, banking oversight, and consumer protections that shield seniors and every American saving for retirement.
Promote Healthcare That Works
for Every American
“Illness shouldn’t bankrupt familiesor chain workers to bad jobs.
Healthcare isn’t socialism — it’s civilization.”
Universal Healthcare
Healthcare should be simple, affordable, and accessible. No deductibles. No surprise bills. No bankruptcies.
Make Health Insurance Non-Profit Again
Healthcare is a public good — not a Wall Street profit center.
Protect and Expand Rural Hospitals
Crack down on private-equity abuse and invest in emergency and primary-care access.
Strengthen West Virginia Communities
“Public service is a trust,
not a business model.”
Fully Fund Rural Broadband
Broadband should be treated as a public utility. Every holler, every ridge, every home should be connected.
Restore Federal Agencies That Protect Us
Rebuild the agencies that safeguard:
Mine safety
Clean drinking water
Veterans’ healthcare
Rural development
Emergency preparedness
Environmental protections
Infrastructure & Jobs Corps
A New Deal–style program to rebuild roads, bridges, broadband, water systems, and abandoned mine lands creating good jobs across WV-02.
Protect Public Schools & Education
“A free people must be educated,
not manipulated.”
Ban K–12 Voucher Schemes Nationwide
Public money belongs in public schools.
Keep Lottery, Gaming & Tourism Revenue in the Communities That Generate It
If Berkeley Springs generates the revenue, Berkeley Springs kids should see the benefit— not Charleston insiders.
Invest in Teachers, School Staff & Skilled Trades
West Virginia’s largest professions deserve respect, fair pay, and safe classrooms.
Promote Veteran Rights
I served 39 years in uniform. I will never stop fighting for those who served our country. I’ll push to:
Fully fund the VA — no privatization, no delays.
Expand burn-pit and toxic-exposure coverage.
Fix appointment backlogs at Martinsburg and across the VA system.
Guarantee mental-health access for every veteran.
Protect Freedom, Privacy
& Personal Liberty
“Rights mean nothing without enforcement
The Constitution isn’t a weapon. It’s a covenant.”
Legalize, Regulate & Tax Cannabis Federally
Veterans, cancer patients, and chronic-pain sufferers shouldn’t be criminals. And WV farmers deserve the economic opportunity.
Restore the Right to Choose
Keep the government out of the exam room and out of family decisions.
Strengthen Privacy Rights
End the buying and selling of Americans’ personal data here and abroad.
Protect Our Land, Water & Future
Restore the EPA and Give It Teeth
Hold the coal barons responsible for cleaning up the mess they made and ensure communities that have been poisoned are made whole.
Rail & Chemical Transport Safety
After East Palestine, Appalachia deserves better. No more toxic trains through our towns without accountability.
Taxes Based on Fairness
— Not Favoritism
“Markets are tools.
They’re not gods.”
Wealth Tax on Ultra-Millionaires
Put the tax burden on billionaires and mega-estates over $10 million — not working families.
Close Corporate Loopholes
Make corporations pay what small businesses pay.
The Bottom Line
We don’t need a savior. We need a servant.
We don’t need louder voices. We need steadier hands.
We don’t need to burn the system down. We need to repair it, honestly and together.
This campaign stands for a simple idea —
Government should belong to the people who work, sacrifice, and play by the rules.
West Virginia deserves nothing less. America can't survive with anything less.
I’m running to represent the people — not the powerful. Not the insiders. Not the billionaire donors.
Everything on this platform serves one mission:
To make West Virginians healthier, wealthier, and more free — and to return the government to the people it was meant to serve.
If this is the future you want, join me. Together, we can take back our democracy and build a West Virginia that works for everyone.