CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says he is concerned about the volume of executive orders signed by President Joe Biden during his first 100 days in office.
During his first 100 days as president, Biden issued 42 executive orders totaling 163 pages. For comparison, Donald Trump issued 33 orders totaling 103 pages in the same timeframe. Barack Obama issued 19 totaling 68 pages, George W. Bush issued 12 totaling 27 pages and Bill Clinton issued 13 totaling 25 pages.
“In his inaugural address, President Biden declared that ‘history, faith, and reason show the way, the way of unity’ and that ‘without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury,’” Morrisey says in his analysis of Biden’s presidency so far. “However, in the first 100 days of his administration, President Biden issued an unprecedented flurry of executive orders. …
May 7, 2021
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey was back on the case last month as he led a 19-state coalition in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop an appeals court ruling that would give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to “decarbonize virtually any sector of the economy,” as Morrisey’s office put it.
This fight is similar to one Morrisey and his colleagues have won once before, when they fought overreach by President Barack Obama’s EPA.
“This wildly expansive power to regulate factories, hospitals and even homes has tremendous costs and consequences for all Americans, in particular West Virginia’s coal miners, pipeliners, natural gas producers and utility workers as well as the countless others who rely upon their success,” Morrisey said. “If EPA lacks such expansive authority, as we argue, the Supreme Court should make that clear now. Any further delay will impose costs the energy sector can never recoup and force states to sin
May 6, 2021
May 6, 2021
CHARLESTON â West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey urges the public to be wary of robocalls that seek to deceive consumers into believing that fraudulent activity exists on their checking, savings or purchasing account.
Con artists engaging in the scheme frequently pose as the consumerâs bank or the representative of a familiar online purchasing platform, such as Amazon, Apple or others. The caller then requests account information to confirm and fix the situation, however, compliance opens the consumer to actual fraud.
The Attorney Generalâs Consumer Protection Division has recently learned of such thieves swiping consumer bank accounts of $1,600 to $5,000. In another instance, quick action allowed the bank to stop a pending withdrawal of $5,000.
Morrisey Standing With West Virginia
May 6, 2021
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey was back on the case last month as he led a 19-state coalition in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop an appeals court ruling that would give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to “decarbonize virtually any sector of the economy,” as Morrisey’s office put it.
This fight is similar to one Morrisey and his colleagues have won once before, when they fought overreach by President Barack Obama’s EPA.
“This wildly expansive power to regulate factories, hospitals and even homes has tremendous costs and consequences for all Americans, in particular West Virginia’s coal miners, pipeliners, natural gas producers and utility workers as well as the countless others who rely upon their success,” Morrisey said. “If EPA lacks such expansive authority, as we argue, the Supreme Court should make that clear now. Any further delay will impose costs the energy sector ca
CHARLESTON West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has reached a multistate settlement to resolve allegations that a pharmaceutical company falsely and aggressively marketed and promoted Suboxone, leading to improper use of state Medicaid funds.