On the recordMay 25, 2016
I wish to first say that we appreciate the message Senator Isakson just gave to the Senate and, by extension, to the country. We are grateful for those remarks in the lead-up to Memorial Day. =========================== NOTE =========================== On page S3157, May 25, 2016, near the top of the first column, the following language appears: Mr. TOOMEY. Madam President, I wish to first say . . . The online Record has been corrected to read: Mr. CASEY. Madam President, I wish to first say . . . ========================= END NOTE ========================= Miners Protection Act Madam President, I rise to talk about coal miners and the promise-- the obligation the U.S. Government has to coal miners on a range of issues but especially when it comes to their pensions and their health care. Many Americans remember Stephen Crane as the author of the novel ``The Red Badge of Courage,'' but he also wrote something that probably not many Americans have read, but I have because it was about a coal mine near my hometown of Scranton. He wrote it just before the turn of the last century. For me, the pertinent parts were in terms of his description of what a coal mine looks like and all the dangers that are in that kind of work. His words in describing a mine were as follows.…
