Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I want to start out this evening by recognizing the fine work of Chairman Cole. I can tell you that there are many times in this Chamber that they want to pit members of my conference against appropriators. This is not one of those times. I just want to rise and acknowledge the great work of Chairman Cole and Chairman Frelinghuysen, and, truly, of the entire Appropriations Committee. Regardless of whether my amendment passes or not, I plan to vote for the underlying bill. Yet, with this commonsense amendment that we put forth, Mr. Chairman, we are really looking to try to make sure that we rightsize a group that has been under attack, and this is all about the coal industry. What we have found is that under the previous administration, there was an unbelievable attack on all fossil fuels, but specifically the coal industry. {time} 2030 This actually goes about rightsizing MSHA, which is the mine safety and health group that will inspect the mines. What we found is we have fewer mines to actually inspect. My amendment is real straightforward. It is saying: let's rightsize that particular group. Let's cut the number of employees that we have there by 10 percent. They have less mines to inspect.…”