I believe that the Framers of the Constitution made their intent clear when they wrote the First Amendment. I believe they wanted to keep the new government from endorsing one religion over another, not erase the public consciousness or common faith.

It also noted that according to the house ethics manual “Official stationery. Rahall's policies involving mountaintop removal mining have been criticized with the link between mountaintop removal mining and flooding as well as the billions of pounds of explosives used since 2004 being used as examples.

S. Representative for West Virginia's 3rd congressional district since 1977. Rahall is currently the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and is the Dean of the West Virginia Congressional delegation.