"The idea that somehow this is going to be bad for businesses is not borne out in Kentucky."
"According to the title of this hearing, we are going to hear about the perspective of coal communities, but let me assure you, the concerns of residents in the coal communities of Kentucky do not stop..."
"They are interested in their health and the harm mountaintop removal mining is doing to their families, friends and neighbors."
"We must also consider the impact on the communities that are downwind."
"I have enormous affection for that region and the people in it."
"if he is actually engaged in a war on coal as it affects coal miners, he is not doing a very good job of it because coal mining employment has actually improved."
"We knew that then. And yet coal-mining employment still increased from 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012."
"I know better than anybody perhaps what is like to lose that amount of jobs, but we need a comprehensive solution and we need a bipartisan solution."
"the experience in Kentucky has been extraordinarily successful"
"a huge number have already done so, actually have enrolled in affordable insurance for the first time"
"I am very honored to be a part of the committee, even though it appears I just joined a game of Trivial Pursuit."
"Kentucky has embraced the Affordable Care Act."