"Continuing to work on a rule that knowingly will eliminate thousands of jobs and will result in 29,000 people living below the poverty level is inexcusable policy."
"According to the Obama Administration's own analysis of the rule, it would eliminate up to 7,000 direct coal jobs and tens of thousands of indirect jobs."
"I actually do, and I'll make it quick because I know the Governor has got to go. Governor, do you think OSM is being a good steward of taxpayer dollars after spending millions on the first contractor,..."
"If the President was serious about job creation, he would direct OSM to stop going forward with a regulation that will result in thousands of hard-working Americans losing their jobs."
"I don't know about you, but this sounds like collusion to me."
"the same environmental groups that sued the Department of Interior had their legal fees paid back by the taxpayer funded Judgment Fund."
"it's astounding to me that this Administration thinks that it's acceptable that it takes four to six months, in some cases longer, to process a claim for America's veterans returning from the war zone..."
"There are entire communities that depend largely on the coal industry--both direct and indirect jobs--that would be devastated by this proposed rules change."
"This proposed sweeping regulatory action would radically alter the definition of a stream, as well as how the agency measures material damage outside of the permit area."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Carey, first of all, it's good to see a fellow buckeye here today as we talk about this very, very important topic."
"That's exactly why I have been fighting so hard against this rule rewrite because most of those jobs, as you and I know, come from Ohio's sixth congressional district and the people that I represent."