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Riley Moore: “You can go get undergraduate in Russian literature and end…”

Featuring: Riley Moore, Republican | U.S. House West Virginia, District 2

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Published February 7, 2026 | Video Starts at 25:36

… that your country needs you to go do these jobs rather than it was, everybody's got to go to college, go get a degree. It doesn't matter what it is. You can go get undergraduate in Russian literature and end up working at Starbucks. and trying to figure out what happened with your life. But, Danny, point is that is, I think us saying this is important to us. It's important to the country. (25:36–25:42)

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Asserts that some college degrees do not lead to relevant employment.

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“In a state like West Virginia, we only got 25% college attainment.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 13:24-13:30
“We literally have a promise scholarship that if you maintain a certain GPA, you can go to college for free in West Virginia.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 13:35-13:42
“Having our supply chains stretch so far overseas for these critical end items that need to be created here in the United States, is that…”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 32:31-32:46
“A lot of folks come out of here with a four-year degree making $50,000-$60,000 a year, quarter million dollars in debt.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 35:24-35:40
“We have a lot of rare earth minerals and we do have rare earth minerals that are co-located in coal deposits.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 39:18-39:24
“Jumpstart Savings Program is something that I actually started in West Virginia when I was the state treasurer.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 02:40-02:48
“We throw all this money and all these programs that are out there to get people into college and help them in college. But there's nothing…”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 04:14-04:28
“It looks like a 529 college savings plan in the manner that it functions because of its savings. And then you're not paying the capital…”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 05:13-05:26
“It's not for school. It's for tools, equipment licenses, certifications and new business startup costs.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 05:27-05:38
“As the state treasurer of West Virginia, I ran the 529 account.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 07:21-07:26
“We created a free rollover program where you could roll over your 529 college money into a jump start account.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 07:32-07:43
“This does apply for anybody who does any kind of vocation, just like you are doing.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 08:36-08:42
“At the state level, we weren't able to do anything about the federal capital gains tax.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 11:05-11:10
“We're going to see this kind of renaissance in manufacturing, I think here in the United States.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 14:13-14:19
“The state legislature in West Virginia is part time and it is awesome because it's 60 days and you just sprint through.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 16:16-16:23
“My colleagues, because it is part time, were coal miners, truck drivers, carpenters.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 16:23-16:29
“Some folks want to get rid of all licensure requirements, which I am, I'm not for that.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 22:51-22:58
“We had something come up in the state legislature, West Virginia, and they wanted to get rid of licensure requirements for like…”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 22:58-23:07
“We piled up billions and billions of dollars of debt on our kids.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 24:47-24:51
“We have thrown everything humanly possible at our young people to get them away from the trades over the last 20, 30 years.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 24:57-25:07
“This type of program is saying, no, this is a. Your government is telling you this is a good choice, this is a smart choice.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 25:07-25:15
“We have created this program because you are needed. We need you in this workforce.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 25:19-25:25
“You can start it just like a 529. So when your child is born, just like you can start a college savings account, you could start one of…”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 27:08-27:19
“That's why we have that rollover provision.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 27:28-27:31
“That individual could take that college savings money and say, I'm going to trade school, goes to trade school, vocational school, whatever.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 29:23-29:34
“They rolled that 529 college money into the Jumpstart account and now they can use that money to start a business, buy tools, buy equipment…”
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“We have offshored all of this stuff for so long and now we have seen the frailty in these supply chains and also that it does cause a…”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 32:18-32:31
“Our biggest peer competitor out there, our adversary, China, they get it. They get it. There is a deterrent effect in having a massive…”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 32:54-33:12
“I think that's why you've seen the Teamsters and some of the other unions are going to support this thing.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 34:56-35:02
“They could come out of trade school making six figures, no debt with a program like this.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 35:32-35:39
“We've been trying to get people to come in and they are looking at getting it out.”
This Is BIG…If It Actually Passes | Riley Moore #469 | The Way I Heard It | Uploaded February 7, 2026 | 39:25-39:30
“We got to beat the Chinese on rare earth minerals.”
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