Jody Hice: “we believe God gave us this land that we live in, and we should work it to our benefit.”

This issue, for the most part, should be left with the people and to the political processes the people have devised to govern their affairs.

This proposed budget is callous and short-sighted, especially of the people who live in our coal communities.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 2(b) (relating to for-cause removal and duties) and redesignate subsequent subsections…

I would underscore the word 'moral decision.' This is a moral, spiritual, and religious issue for countless millions of Americans who hold to a Biblical world view on life.