Robert Byrd: “Mr. Blankenship, why, why, why so many fatalities at Massey mines?”

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…

To me the most powerful majority leader I ever witnessed was Robert Byrd in the period of '77 to '81.

Thank you for more than 40 years of standing up for coalminers.

The Senate is the proverbial saucer intended to cool the cup of coffee from the House.