I ask unanimous consent to engage in a colloquy with the Senator from West Virginia, my friend and colleague, Senator Capito. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Coal Miner Healthcare Benefits

If we ever turn the coal off, they would go dark. Maybe we should do that.

Do you mind if we bring you to the Intel, a little Intel briefing?

I wish to thank my friend from West Virginia, my colleague, Senator Capito, for her support and leadership in our fight to keep the promise made in President Truman's White House more than 70 years ago. For the past two Congresses, Senator…

If we had no choice as we rethink our infrastructure but to look at the totality of potential disasters...

We ought to put a site in Panama City on First Air Force base at Tyndall Air Force base where First Air Force has the responsibility of the defense of the United States, give them a missile defense mission too.

I think it is whatever, you know, Congress directs these agencies on what they need to execute and we execute on what we are told to do.

it is my honor today to recognize Dr. George E. Keller II for his outstanding achievements in the areas of engineering, innovation, and leadership. Dr. Keller was born and raised in Charleston, WV, and has a bachelor's degree from Virginia…

The unserved communities ought to be the focus certainly of any actual Federal spending.

this would all of the stakeholders to coordinate--this has been going on for years, years, and it has been stonewalled, and we are back at it again. But it would cut construction costs for the State to the tune of about $110 million.

I want to take an opportunity to thank him, Governor Justice, for signing it and the legislatures that put it into effect.

I am going to be introducing a bill called the Gigabit Opportunity Act.

Local governments depend on these programs to function, and we need to have these programs now and give certainty to our local governments.

I can't imagine why the budget blueprint that he released basically would cut PILT payments by $76 million, 17 percent.

I admire the chairman for his not blinking.

I believe is worth a final determination by the NRC.

I visited the recycling facility in La Hague in France, and they told us there that the cost of the recycling was very expensive and would require substantial subsidization if we were to embark on that.

What you don't hear about is the overall regulatory costs imposed by Dodd-Frank that are weighing down our economy.