and a new era of american energy has begun. [ applause ] politicians and bureaucrats in washington, dc have crippled our nation s economy and west virginia s economy without regard to the impact that it has on people s utility bills, the impact that it has on jobs and hard working americans. right here in west virginia, they pushed mining companies to the breaking point and jeopardized thousands of good paying jobs and cut off a brighter future for countless west virginia families. it s heartbreaking to think west virginia has lost more than a third of its mining jobs over the last few years alone with over 130 mines shut down since 2009. folks, that s not right.
and a new era of american energy has begun! [applause] you know, for far too long politicians and bureaucrats in washington, d.c. have crippled our nation s economy and crippled west virginia s economy without regard to the impact that it has on people s utility bills, the impact that it has on jobs of hard working americans. right here in west virginia they ve pushed mining companies to the breaking point, they ve jeopardize canned thousands of good paying jobs and cut off a brighter future for countless west virginia families. it s heartbreaking to think west virginia s lost more than a third of its mining jobs over the last few years alone, that over 130 mines have been shut down since 2009. folks, that s not right.
and a new era of american energy has begun. foe far too long, politicians and bureaucrats in washington, d.c. have crippled our nation s economy and crippled west virginia s economy. without regard to the impact that it has on people s utility bills, the impact that it has on jobs of hard work americans. right here in west virginia, they pushed mining companies to the breaking point, they jeopardized thousands of good paying jobs and cut off a brighter future for countless families. items hart bre it s heart breaking to think that west virginia lost more than a third of its mining jobs. that over 130 mines have been shut down since 2009.
miners are going back to work. here are the facts. in 2007 the number of mining jobs has dropped. there has been a slight uptick of about 2,000 mining jobs since trump took office. that s if you count january, although he was only there for the last ten days. february numbers are not out yet. president trump also touted a big endorsement he received during the campaign. our border patrol, i ll tell you what they do. they came and endorsed me. i.c.e. came and endorsed me. they never endorsed a presidential candidate before. they might not even be allowed to. yeah, they might not. that one is completely false. and trump is lucky that it was false because a federal government endorsement would be illegal. a union that repped some of those agents did endorse trump. that s a huge difference. then there was this dig at the affordable care act. obamacare covers very few
we re building the wall. in fact, it s going to start soon way ahead of schedule. way ahead of schedule. way, way, way ahead of schedule. it s going to start very soon. it s ahead of schedule, we re going to start soon. critics did ask if trump hasn t started building wall, how far ahead of schedule can he really be? you could take a more charitable view. maybe trump is like nas who once wrapped he s never on schedule but always on time. either way trump quickly moved on to promise that miners are going back to work. we re preparing bold action to lift the restrictions on american energy. and we re going to put our miners back to work. miners are going back to work. here are the facts. in 2007 the number of mining jobs has dropped. ere has been a slight uptick of about 2,000 mining jobs since trump took office.