Jared Huffman actually said...

"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..."

"It is ironic that we are here 2 days after the full Natural Resources Committee was considering a bill to name much of our oceans after Ronald Reagan."

"This is a bill that has no chance of becoming law."