Jared Huffman actually said...

"This Republican plan would be devastating."

"A host of studies that were published after the Bush rule show that mountaintop removal mines not only damaged the environment, but also caused cardiovascular disease, cancer, birth defects, and poor ..."

"Doesn't this violate OSM's mandate under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, SMCRA, to set standards that are guided by science and based on best available technology?"

"The bill we are discussing here today would stop the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining from adopting a new rule to protect the people of Appalachia from destructive mountaintop removal mi..."