Here's a little hometown analysis of the impact that our federal legislators have had on the economy of West Virginia and what the death of Sen. Byrd, the primary defeat of Rep. Mollohan, and the commensurate loss of federal funding could mean to the area.
“When Sen. Byrd moved the FBI fingerprint operation into Clarksburg, as much of a visionary he was, I’m not sure even he could have fathomed the growth that that created for the state,” said Rick Gill, CEO of the Washington, D.C.-headquartered National Biometric Security Project, which maintains an operation in Morgantown.Both of the cities in the quote are in West Virginia's I-79 Hi-Tech Corridor.
