Robert Byrd: “Let us clearly understand one thing. The Constitution's Framers never intended for the Senate to function like the House…”

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

The Senate has been the last fortress of minority rights and freedom of speech in this Republic for more than two centuries. I pray the Senators will pause and reflect before ignoring that history and tradition in favor of the political…

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

It is to force there to be a group of senators on either side who have to respect one another's views so that they work together and produce 60 votes on important issues.