You are making the case that we are here trying to make to the American people and the people of eastern and southeastern Ohio and West Virginia and other places across this country that are dependent upon coal.

It is a really big impact.

You are talking about people that are already struggling day to day, unemployment in many places, some double digits, and yet they are going to have to pay higher utility rates to power their homes.

the Administration has begun an all-out attack on the very energy sources to fuel any kind of resurgence in manufacturing.

We need that. We need that basic undergirding of the economy or else Ohio is going to be in desperate straits.

I want to thank you and your colleagues, Chairman Jordan, for conducting this much needed oversight of the Obama Administration.

if the price of electricity continues to go up, that will be the course there.

we have seen the EPA slow-wall permitting for coal mines, and in one egregious case they even retroactively vetoed a permit that had been approved by the Army Corps of Engineers.

I want to acknowledge Congressman Johnson because I know he has worked very hard on this.

Since taking office, this President and his Administration has led an all-out fight against the coal industry.

not only does this Administration have a war on coal, but you have a war on the very idea of American exceptionalism

Take a look at this. Take a look at the regulatory red tape that's strangling America's small businesses, our job creators. Every time I travel up and down the Ohio River, businesses, both large and small, tell me that new regulations and…

I am after the truth. Because this boils down to one thing and one thing only for my district and many Americans throughout America where coal mining is such an important industry, and that is jobs.

The President and his political advisors know that if they go forward with this rule, they will destroy tens of thousands of jobs in States that are critical for him to be re-elected.

I yield the balance of my time to Mr. Johnson.

The American taxpayers deserve better, and I hope that today, though I am not optimistic based on what I have seen thus far, would begin to shed some light for the American people on this job-killing plan.

If this policy resulted in the layoffs of over 500 people at Maple Creek, why would you expect it to turn out any differently if replicated on a nationwide scale?

We've long known that President Obama's takeover of our health care is bad medicine. And now that the Supreme Court has determined that it's one of the largest tax increases in American history, we've confirmed that it's bad policy. As I…

Since I was elected to Congress in 2010, I have been looking closely at the reason why one class of workers, the union retirees, were given preferential treatment over the non-union salaried retirees.

Today I rise in support of the Amodei amendment that would ensure that the Secretary of the Interior does not combine the two agencies with competing missions into the same agency. Late last year, the Secretary of the Interior tried to…

Today I rise in strong support of H.R. 4480, the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act. This important legislation begins to put in place a true all-of-the-above energy plan, a type of plan that has been missing since this President came into…

I am proud to co-sponsor this bill. I urge my colleagues to consider adding their support.

H.R. 5948, Veteran's Fiduciary Reform Act of 2012, introduced by Representative Bill Johnson [R-OH], provides additional enhanced background checks for fiduciaries managing veterans' funds.

Did VA ever conduct a detailed investigation into this issue and, if so, why has Congress never been informed?

Has VA ever conducted an investigation?