Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I rise today in really strong support of H.R. 2824. I think if we go back to the President's original candidacy, he said: Listen, if you want to continue to make electricity using coal-fired power plants, you can do it, but we are going to bankrupt you. There is no question about the war on coal. It is factual. Now, we come here today, and I think that--the area of the country that I represent is western Pennsylvania. It is hard to look at a source that is so abundant, so accessible, so affordable, so reliant, and so sustainable that keeps our energy costs lower and creates thousands of jobs. The administration's efforts have not only eliminated people who are mining coal, they have absolutely eliminated entire communities and wiped them off the face of the Earth. Now, we look at a piece of legislation, and we say wait a minute. In 2008, we had a rule that received certification from the Environmental Protection Agency and complied fully with the Clean Water Act. So the question becomes: How good does the coal energy have to become in order to receive a pat on the back from the administration? The answer is they can never reach that level. They will never be accepted. It will never be part of our energy strategy. It will never lead America to be independent from every place else in the world. All you have to ask yourself is: What in the world are we doing to the people we represent? This is not a Republican strategy or a Democrat strategy.…”