...helping build an economy that creates jobs and opportunities for working people. As an America First conservative, that’s exactly what I’ll do for the people of West Virginia in Washington.
Will help build an economy that creates jobs and opportunities for working people.
Occurrences
Evidence
Roll Call 164 on H.R. 1346, the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act, passed the House 218-203 on May 13, 2026.
Moore sent a letter to DHS calling for an end to OPT and STEM-OPT, arguing the programs disadvantage American graduates and should be ended to prioritize job opportunities for American workers.
Moore said DOE selected the TerraSpark Energy Campus in his district and that the project would bring nearly 1,000 high-quality jobs while helping lower energy prices.
Moore announced five Community Project Funding requests for West Virginia's 2nd district were approved by the House Appropriations Committee in the FY2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development bill, which then advanced to the full House.
Moore said two Community Project Funding requests for West Virginia's 2nd district were approved by the House Appropriations Committee as part of the FY2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies bill, which would advance to the full House.
Moore applauded House passage of H.R. 8646, saying it funds agriculture, rural development, food safety, nutrition, and public health priorities and includes nearly $3 million in Community Project Funding for his district.
Moore announced that two of his Community Project Funding requests for West Virginia's 2nd District were approved by the House Appropriations Committee in the FY2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, and that the bill would advance to the full House.
Moore praised House Appropriations Committee passage of the FY2027 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, a $64.9 billion DHS funding bill including $2.9 billion for defense activities, border security, national security, and Trump administration priorities.
Roll Call 209 shows H.R. 8428, the Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act, passed the House 393-0 on June 8, 2026; Moore voted Yea.
Moore said he voted for the Secure America Act, describing it as legislation to invest in border security, immigration enforcement, and tools and technology for ICE and CBP officers.
Assessments
Moore has taken same-term actions plausibly tied to jobs and opportunity, including securing committee approval for district Community Project Funding, supporting appropriations with rural development and infrastructure components, backing workforce-related legislation, and highlighting a DOE-selected energy campus projected to create jobs. However, most evidence is committee-stage, indirect, or announcement-based, and does not show that the broad promised economic outcome has been fully delivered for working people.
The promise is broad and aspirational, so full delivery would require clearer evidence that Moore actually produced substantial jobs-and-opportunity outcomes for working people. The record here shows concrete same-term activity he can claim credit for: pushing DHS to end OPT/STEM-OPT in the name of protecting American workers, supporting House-passed and committee-approved funding bills, and highlighting a DOE-selected energy project expected to create jobs in his district. Those steps materially advance the promise, but most are requests, project announcements, or intermediate appropriations actions rather than completed, attributable delivery of the overall economic outcome. That supports partial credit, not full delivery.
The promise is broad: helping build an economy that creates jobs and opportunities for working people. The cited evidence shows Riley Moore took some same-term actions plausibly tied to worker opportunity, especially leading a letter urging DHS to end OPT/STEM-OPT and participating in House passage of a consumer-cost bill. However, the record does not show that these actions produced a completed economic outcome, enacted jobs policy, or measurable delivery of the promised jobs-and-opportunities result. Because there was a concrete but limited same-term effort rather than fulfillment, partial credit is appropriate.