"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I want to thank the witnesses for traveling to be with us today and for their testimony."
"The 1983 Reagan rule stated, and I quote, 'No land within 100 feet of a perennial stream or an intermittent stream shall be disturbed by surface mining activities.'"
"This Republican plan would be devastating."
"I think it is important that no amount of stagecraft can sort of change the subject from the absolute environmental destruction that occurs when all streams are despoiled by the improper disposal of t..."
"I think Sister, you said this highlights some of the diminished prospects that are all too common now, and that will be reinforced under these harsh Republican policies."
"the Republican budgets that have been passed in the past couple of years really take, they just take a hammer to children across America that rely on Head Start."
"I met people where I was in the shelter that tried to get on their feet, but they could not, and without Head Start, I would still be one of them."
"mountaintop removal mining is dangerous. We risk great harm to children and families in surrounding communities without meaningful protections."
"But the Majority's endless and frivolous document requests are wasting taxpayers' money, and diverting OSM and the Interior Department from their core responsibilities of serving the American people."
"Today's hearing continues a more than two-year effort by the Committee Majority to stop the Office of Surface Mining from protecting Appalachian streams and communities from destructive mountaintop re..."
"But I want to ask you about the rifeness of these accusations and whether they are premature."