This Government has not stepped forward, this Administration, and said oh, wait a minute, I cannot replace 34, 35, 36 percent of the energy that coal produces, right?

Earlier this year I worked with Senator Ron Johnson from Wisconsin, who is the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, and Mark Warner of Virginia to help introduce the bipartisan Social Security Identity Defense Act of 2015.

the VA to house the children of homeless veterans in transitional housing programs.

Just in my State. In a 5-year period--I only have 1.85 million people in my State.

We use 80 percent of the opioids that are produced in the world.

I am saying, we have got to go to alternative pain methods.

It is the opioids, prescription of these opioids, painkillers, and I am sure you all are very much aware of it. We are being devastated in my State.

This did not happen when we were youth. OK?

It has now been more than 5 years since President Obama signed his landmark achievement, which he called the Affordable Care Act, into law. At that time, the President and the Democrats in Congress promised that their massive Federal…

We have double the mortality rate as far as opioid overdoses in military VA than the national average.

In my little State of West Virginia, from 2007 to 2012, over 200 million pills, opioids, have been shipped to my State; 200 million.

I have used up my time, but this is such an important topic.

With the Choice Act, are you all allowing them to find different providers, private providers, that might be able to provide the services they need?

We are working on it.

If we could do that which we have influence over, it could basically change the direction of how we treat chronic pain.

I am finding that the VA does not always have or offer good alternatives.

Just in 3 years. Three years 45 percent of our coalminers are looking for work.

Well, but keep in mind too, Mr. Secretary, you know that coalminers average age is going to be in their 50s.