Last week, Senator Fischer and I introduced the Spoofing Prevention Act of 2016, designed to update the law and provide the FCC with more enforcement tools to combat these abusive phone scams.

Could I just make sure that I ask at the very end, could we get you to come to Longview and see the tremendous efficiency that is operating there without CCS, and how effective they have been able to do that at half the cost of a CCS…

I just came back from China in October, and the NEA in China said they are not going to promote CCS.

the focus has been trying to force the existing coal-fired powerplants to add carbon capture and storage as an after-market retrofit, even though virtually every nation on the globe has turned their backs on CCS.

Senator Bill 2446, the Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2016, Senator Hoeven and I introduced this legislation in January, continuing our efforts to find a common sense approach to ensuring safe disposal of coal ash.

Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, and my fellow colleague from West Virginia, Senator Capito, it is good to be with you all and I really appreciate you all allowing us to come present before you.

Subtitle D is self-implementing.

Basically, it gets back to the people who don't want any fossil burnt whatsoever, because the residual of fossil is coal ash.

The American Coal Council notes that beneficial use and reuse of this material is a means of ensuring billions of dollars of economic benefits, supporting the creating and maintenance of hundreds of thousands of jobs across many…

Senator Brown thank you for supporting the Keep our Pension Promises Act which would solve the whole problem of underfunded multiemployer plans.

Senate Bill 1714, the Miners Protection Act, introduced by Senators Manchin and Capito, would ensure the promise of health care for retired miners is kept.

Could they be coming to this country under the guise of looking for some asylum, if we can do a better job on that end before they get to this end?

It is so important to know the chronology of this law signed by Harry Truman.

It's my view that Congress ought to protect the promise that you don't take away pension benefits that American workers have earned.

There is not a more proud, patriotic group of people than the men and women who mine the coal.

The Miners Protection Act is a fix. It is a fix that works not only the miners, but for America.

This bill is particularly important to my home State of West Virginia... the undue pressure by this administration has wreaked havoc on West Virginia families.

I am so pleased that Senator Hatch is supporting the effort and that Senator Wyden has spoken out repeatedly, as has Senator Casey and Senator Warner and others.