Reform with justice in the black lung benefits program is long overdue, and hopefully, with passage of this legislation today, and I might say without gutting amendments, it will bring us a lot closer to justice for senior citizens in the…

Mr. Chairman, I take this time first to assure my good friend and colleague, the gentleman from Pennsylvania, that we do not believe this is a budget-busting bill. We received estimates from the CBO that, yes, the trust fund owes the…