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Matt Bevin on Environment
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Opposes federal regulations like waterway protection
Bevin said his administration has fought federal rules on overtime, transgender bathrooms, waterway protection, and other issues. Now he said it's time for a new approach. "No longer are we pushing back," said the
governor. "We are now being sought out here in Kentucky increasingly as a state to emulate. Now we are leading the nation in regulation reform."
Source: Press release on Kentucky 2019 State of the State address
, Feb 9, 2019
I don't support cockfighting, but don't criminalize it
Matt Bevin ended a month of debate about whether he'd addressed a rally devoted to supporting cockfighters' rights with a statement apologizing for his appearance and a straightforward claim that he's never supported fowl fights.
"I am genuinely sorry that my attendance at an event which, other than my comments, appears to have primarily involved a discussion of cockfighting, has created concern on the part of many Kentucky voters. I understand that concern,"
Bevin said. "I am not and have never been, a supporter of cockfighting or any other forms of animal cruelty."
Bevin had initially said he wasn't aware the event was a cockfighting rally, but a video uncovered by Louisville's WAVE-TV showed that
Bevin was asked directly about whether cockfighting should be legalized--it is not now legal in Kentucky. He replied: "Criminalizing behavior, if it's part of the heritage of this state, is in my opinion a bad idea. A bad idea. I will not support it."
Source: Wall Street Journal on 2014 Kentucky Senate race
, Apr 25, 2014
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