On the recordApril 4, 2017
I want to add to the remarks of Senator Brown. We had a process; the Presiding Officer was a part of this, as well, in the Finance Committee getting the Miners Protection Act through the Finance Committee, 18 to 8. It should have been voted on by the end of the year so these miners could have certainty with regard to healthcare and pensions, and our government could keep our promise to those miners. Our government has not kept its promise to coal miners, and some of them are here today in Washington. It is about time our government kept our promise. They kept their promise to their company, to their country, and every promise that they have been asked to keep. It is time that we did our job here in the Senate. Get this legislation passed in the month of April. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Indiana.
