Bill Johnson actually said...

"We don't want them to rewrite the rule. The industry doesn't want them to rewrite the rule."

"I am insulted by it. The people in Appalachia that harvest coal and depend on coal for their livelihoods, they are insulted by it."

"With this legislation, we will save taxpayers untold more millions of dollars and save thousands of direct and indirect jobs."

"I would invite my colleagues on the left, and anyone else who wants to come to Appalachia Ohio and meet the coal miners."