the reports focused on the Johns Hopkins Medical Center B Reader program led by Dr. Paul Wheeler.

I strongly support the Department's efforts to combat black lung and hope that once these protections are in effect, the miners that make up today's workforce won't suffer from black lung and need to file claims for benefits in the first…

Survivors whose claims were denied more than 1 year ago have no avenue for relief.

I am confident today's hearing will provide invaluable information that will help us craft a bill that restores fairness to our Black Lung system and provides miners, their spouses, and dependants with the support they need and deserve.

At the end of the day, if a miner is willing to travel into the bowels of the earth every day knowing that he may one day suffer from a lung disease, the least we can do is make sure he has a fair shot at justice and that the cards aren't…

If Mr. Fox had been able to get out of the dust back in 1999, as the act intended, he might have lived long enough to see his two grandchildren.

Thank you very much, and I know each of us will probably have more questions, but we're going to transition.

I may have more questions for you.

I'll turn to Senator Harkin, because I know we're short on time.

Thank you. So you've told us we need statutory change.

It can.

As a basic matter, it can, certainly.

I just find it stunning that she would be picked. Out of the full universe of available Federal prosecutors, to pick a maxed-out donor I just think was very short-sighted.

I want to note that the chairman of the full committee was highly critical of our fellow member, Mr. Horsford.

It should. He is the President of the United States, President of the greatest country in the world.

There was no problem, particularly. That was the law.

I want to mention here that the inspector general's report found that Lois Lerner... did not discover the use of these inappropriate criteria until a year later.

We all really want to know what happened to those missing emails, all of us.