Coal is incredibly important to my State, Kentucky. The industry provides over 60,000 jobs, including about 15,000 coal miners.
Coal is affordable, abundant, and reliable.
coal is an essential part of America's energy future.
Do you think Title V of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act provides you the necessary authority to issue permits then for long-term ...
Is the process of permitting these projects on Federal land consistent not just across your department, but also with, say, other land manag...
Unfortunately, just weeks ago, Congress passed and the President signed a massive new law that will impose unjustified premium increases on ...
We know the new law will actually drive up premiums--according to the Congressional Budget Office estimates, average premiums for families w...
All of these new taxes will drive up the cost of health care in this country and result in higher insurance premiums.
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I believe that the underlying purpose we had in No Child Left Behind regarding highly qualified teachers was a good one.
However, there is a vast disconnect between a teacher who meets certain requirements on paper and one whose teaching has a true impact on st...
It is also important that the leadership in our schools supports good teaching and student achievement, encourages innovation with results, ...
I would like to thank Chairman Harkin and Senator Enzi and the members of this committee for their great efforts to take advantage of this o...
I want to thank you for your diligent work in moving us along on fixing No Child Left Behind.
Rural and frontier schools and school districts are unique and often need unique solutions to their unique problems.
If we are going to mandate interventions from the Federal level, we need to be clear about why we are mandating such reforms.
I am very concerned that requiring school districts to use one of the four school turnaround models for schools identified for school improv...
Strategies mandated from Washington will simply not solve the problems facing these schools.
