Robert Byrd: “Why are these emergency funds being delayed?”

Never, ever, ever get rid of the filibuster. It is the guardian of minority rights and an essential engine for consensus.

The Framers recognized that a minority can be right and that a majority can be wrong.

Congress has authorized the most aggressive miner protection laws in the history of the world--history of the universe.

Miners have rights under the law to walk away from an unsafe work environment.