Kweisi Mfume: “The American ethic has always been one of independence and self-sufficiency.”

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from Florida for yielding. I know there are a lot of people who have a lot to say about someone whom we cared about and loved, and so I do appreciate this opportunity. I thank her and the honorable…

I want to speak on behalf of those people. Because our job, at the end of the day, is to preserve and protect the environment and to protect the people who cannot get away from the environment they are in.

There was never seemingly a difference on the issue of fraud, because it affected all of our constituents.

We have tried to have discussions with CSX and others who are around and responsible in many respects for the mounds of coal. Those discussions have gone nowhere at all.