Robert Byrd: “I am deeply concerned by the Administration's decision to eliminate funding for the operation of the Appalachian Farming…”

This is a clear record. A blatant disregard for the welfare and the safety of Massey miners. Shame.

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

makes the majority leader and the majority party the subject of the minority, subject to the control and the will of the minority.

I respectfully exercise my Fifth Amendment right and decline to answer.