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Madam President, my plan would put EPA on hold for 2 years and no more, but not on hold from many of its other duties, for example, CAFE standards. Many of our colleagues do not realize--and certainly the ones who are going to support the…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 215
I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 12…
Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of H.R. 910, the Energy Tax Prevention Act, which would prohibit the EPA from using the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gases. Congress has already said no to a cap-and-trade tax, yet the EPA is…
I thank my good friend for his hard work. We are working in a bipartisan manner. ____________________
Madam President, I rise to mark the tragic occasion of the worst U.S. mining disaster in 40 years. A year ago today, 29 brave and patriotic men went underground to mine the coal that powers our great Nation. They didn't come back. Our…
Mr. President, all of my colleagues, I think, know by now, after all of these months, almost years, how deeply I feel about the need to stop EPA regulation for a period of time so Congress can have the time we need to develop a smart…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the George Washington Patriots for winning the West Virginia Class AAA boys basketball championship. The third-seeded Patriots defeated top-seeded Wheeling Park 55-54 to take home the State title…
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Mrs. Ellmers) be removed as a cosponsor from H.R. 1081. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from West Virginia? There…
I believe we need to have a process where we have a discussion about the implications of what's going on right now.
I think a lot of West Virginians share your belief with that.
I think where I'm having a problem with the cost is, I remember the Gulf War.
I made a commitment that day to not rest until we made every improvement necessary to our mine safety laws.
I think that concludes our testimony this morning. I thank you both very, very much.
Has there been any movement--I know I keep hearing that there might be some movement on Qadhafi leaving.
It's going to be an enormous challenge to see what follows on that.
Do you believe that it's time to have truly one agency doing training and one agency doing inspections?