Political Quotes

“Mr. President, a number of my colleagues were down on the floor a little bit ago, talking passionately about the challenges our coal miners in the United States face. I want to mention Senator Manchin from West Virginia, in particular, who is someone who speaks with a lot of passion on this issue as was mentioned--so much so that I cosponsored the bill that he has been advocating, largely on the basis of his strong advocacy and, to be perfectly honest, the great respect I have for Senator Manchin. I do find it a bit ironic that what we have not heard from any of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, when talking about coal miners' challenges, is that we have just had an 8-year war against the coal industry and coal miners, waged by the President of the United States Barack Obama, and all of his Federal agencies--8 years-- unprecedented, illegal from my perspective. Where is the outrage? There have been a number of us who have been trying to fight this war against coal miners for the last 8 years. Where is the outrage about that? The war on coal is what has hurt many of these miners. I am confident and hopeful that the incoming Trump administration will help those miners with real jobs, not continue to purposefully put them out of work as the Obama administration has done. So when we talk about coal miners, taking care of them, we also need to talk about who has been waging that war and who has been fighting against it.…”