Robert Byrd: “I believe that past agreements, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, which I voted against, have…”

Congress has authorized the most aggressive miner protection laws in the history of the world--history of the universe.

makes the majority leader and the majority party the subject of the minority, subject to the control and the will of the minority.

Massey mines were cited for 31,000 violations. This means that, on the average during that 10 year period, a miner was seriously injured every other day.

This isn't the average. This is deplorable, is what it is. It's not average, and it's not acceptable.