I want to emphasize today the importance of maintaining and protecting America's natural resources.
I think this is very important, if we do an extension, an 18-month extension, that will take us out of this crisis in time.
This is exactly the sort of shovel-ready infrastructure spending for which there is a broad bipartisan consensus.
I can remember when we went through the crisis in September. At that time, I reminded everyone that we had a problem 10 years prior to that ...
The good news is the Administration announced yesterday they were committed to fixing this within the next 6 weeks.
Mountaintop mining is politically sensitive because environmentalists were an active force behind Obama's election.
I do not think they get it right now about what this is.
I'm very pleased we are having this hearing today. This is a critical issue.
If we want to compete, we need to have these corridors working. We need to get rid of congestion.
Federal clean water laws should be followed and enforced for the citizens of this Nation, especially those in Appalachia.
Clearly this would have a detrimental effect on the economy and will negate any gains made by the stimulus which as I've said before, dramat...