Moore says he’s honored being mentioned as possible U.S. Secretary of Labor – WV MetroNews

WASHINGTON, D.C. — West Virginia Second District Congressman Riley Moore didn’t deny a recent report that he’s being considered as the next U.S. Secretary of Labor by President Donald Trump in an appearance Thursday on WAJR’s “Talk of the Town.”

Moore said he couldn’t confirm the report in Politico but did offer his opinion on the credibility of the report.

“The reporter cited some pretty credible sources; that’s about all I can say,” Moore said. “If it weren’t a thing, I would be able to tell you it’s not.”

Moore is in his first term in the U.S. House. He’s on the House Appropriations Committee and is a conferee for the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch appropriations conference committees.

“I really can’t comment on it much further other than what I would say is it is certainly an honor to be mentioned in the conversation,” Moore said.

The House currently has four vacancies, 218 Republicans, 212 Democrats, and one Independent, creating a margin so tight it’s possible Moore wouldn’t be appointed.

“If we decide to go in that direction, the President, Speaker, and I will discuss the tight margins here,” Moore said.

Moore also said two of his Community Project Funding requests for hospitals were approved by the House Appropriations Committee as part of the Fiscal Year 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Requests for $1.5 million each for Grant Memorial Hospital and the Grafton City Hospital will now be considered by the full House of Representatives.

“Every little bit helps,” Moore said. “Everybody knows how important it is to have functional hospitals, especially in a very rural state like ours,” Moore said.

Moore said the area is getting spruced up for the 250th birthday party for America. He also noted the “claw” is quite visible while motoring down Pennsylvania Avenue.

“The whole town is getting decorated—there are big flags for America’s 250th,” Moore said. Things are going up all over the place, and we drove by the White House, and they have, I think they call it the “claw,” that they have put in front of the White House.”