Andy McKenzie Virginia Quotations

Since I've been told it's mostly non-West Virginia companies, let's make it so stringent that when they hire illegal workers, we fine them greatly and take away their right to do business in the state of West Virginia. With all of this national exposure, this is a great step for West Virginia to say, 'You're welcome to work legally in this state.' ... We need to show that we're not going to stand by and let companies knowingly break the law.

We learned there was existing law in West Virginia about requiring documentation for workers, but there was no teeth to it.

This is not a union or non-union issue. This is a West Virginia bill for West Virginians.

They brought to our attention problems where out-of-state companies -- mostly construction companies that build big-box retailers -- were coming into West Virginia, under-bidding West Virginia contractors and using illegal aliens.