once again, I stand here on behalf of our hard-working and patriotic coal miners. We have been here before, and we are going to stay here until we get the job done. Right now, retired coal miners' healthcare, pensions, and black lung…

I am going to make one more plea to the President. I will do that after my good friend and senior Senator from Pennsylvania speaks about his miners, whom he supports. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Pennsylvania.

I want to mention one more thing and then I will turn it over to my colleague, my friend from West Virginia, Senator Capito. The reason this is so urgent, our miners' pensions are in dire need. It goes first. They come to insolvency by…

at this time, I would like for the former Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the senior Senator from Virginia to please have the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Virginia.

I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with the Senators from Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank, first of all, the Senator from Virginia for fighting for his coal miners in Southwest Virginia. They have been out there fighting in Westmoreland, and we have 1,200 miners about ready to lose everything that we had to fight for to…

I say to my friend from Delaware that my understanding is the same as that of the Senator from Alaska, and I thank him for his inquiry into this provision of the bill.

first of all, I can't tell you what a pleasure it has been to work with Chairman Murkowski. We have been able to show--and even in the 115th Congress, with the ranking member, Senator Cantwell--the committee worked in a bipartisan way. So…

I ask unanimous consent that Tom Schaff, a staff member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, be granted floor privileges for the duration of the 116th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

We all want patients to have access to high-quality, affordably priced health coverage.

We need to guarantee our healthcare system works better for all Americans.

Those are real savings for patients in my State.

Unfortunately, House Democrats repeatedly blocked our creative solutions.

What works best for Oregon may not work best for California.

Each of these eight active waivers were approved under the Obama administration's 1332 guidance.

Chairman Murkowski and I have been working with the majority leader and minority leader to resolve the few remaining issues on our bill, which is the land management bill we have before us. I would like to thank all Senators for their…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for no more than 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. S. 47

I also rise to oppose the amendment of my good friend from Utah. I oppose his amendment, and I will be joining Chairman Murkowski when she moves to table the bill. In my view, this is the most significant achievement of this broad public…