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2015 Legislative Session Will See Major Changes
Charles Wilfong, President, West Virginia Farm Bureau
With the Republican
takeover of the West Virginia
Legislature, members of
the Senate and House of
Delegates are busy putting
together their leadership
teams for the coming year,
and formulating legislative
discussions for the 2015
session. This will be the
first time since 1931 that Republicans have
controlled both houses of the Legislature. The
new Senate president and
House speaker will be
appointing new committee
chairmen and members.
These new chairmen will
be vital to West Virginia
Farm Bureau’s policy
implementation efforts. It
appears that we will have
true friends of Farm Bureau
as chairmen of virtually
every committee.
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environment, while encouraging the development
of our resources. Farm Bureau supports the
rights of land and mineral owners to negotiate
with other parties to achieve the desired use
of resources; promote action to secure an
agriculture exemption for aboveground storage
tanks not located in critical concern areas; and
maintain adequate funding for our predator
control program.
We look forward to having many of our
members taking an active role working with
legislators on a
regular bas