Charles Norwood: “Let us try to get this straight. The Federal law known as ERISA is what preempts State laws. It is not this bill; it is…”

It doesn't promote anybody's best interests to be so unreasonable that you put these people -- these miners out of work. That's not good for them.

Of course our amendment does not do that. It simply applies to every jurisdiction in the country equally, equal protection under the law. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Deal).

I was absent on Wednesday, March 8, 2006, for personal reasons. My intended votes are as follows: Rollcall vote 27 on the Cardoza Amendment to H.R. 4167--``aye''; rollcall vote 28 on the Waxman Amendment to H.R. 4167--``no''; rollcall vote…

It is a pleasure to yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Sam Johnson), another of our subcommittee chairmen.