Don Beyer

When the whole thing went bankrupt, there were a lot of people that were just desperate in southwest Virginia and across the country, who spent their lives mining coal who suddenly had no pension or health benefits to look forward to.

Thank you very much for putting in your budget all the efforts to save the coal miners' pension fund.

Let's point out the judge set aside that delisting because... those scientifically managed plans did not happen.

I would like to add my support to Mr. Cartwright's RECLAIM Act, which is bipartisan.

How in the world are we going to compete on a global basis if you are increasing the tax on a domestic product?

To add insult to injury, you proposed a well control rule.

I am offended, I really am. And a lot of people in the Gulf Coast are offended.

You cannot say that we lose money because BP is now paying their fines and penalties.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin will be postponed. Amendment No. 15 Offered by Mr. Young of Alaska The Acting…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. Hardy The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I would like to point out that we are certainly not objecting to reasonable attorneys' fees and to making people whole. It is the idea that law enforcement officers can be held personally responsible and can be, actually, personally sued…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Missouri will be postponed. Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Newhouse The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I would just like to emphasize that the Forest Service doesn't prohibit hunting right now in the Mark Twain National Forest. It simply prohibits hunting deer with dogs. It does this because of complaints from private landowners, not from…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Smith of Missouri The Acting…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Beginning at page 69, line 1, strike title XIV. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 619, the…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia will be postponed. {time} 0930 Amendment No. 3 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee The…

All I need is just a few seconds to point out to my friend from California that many of the things that he objects to are irrelevant and not germane to this amendment. We are not asking for background checks. We are certainly not setting…

I inquire how much time the minority side has remaining. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Walker). The gentleman from Virginia has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

It is imperative that some of the existing debt be written off in order to get it to a balanced.

Exxon-Mobil has come out for a carbon tax, carbon pricing.

Thank you, Madam Chairman--Chairwoman.

As we keep relearning after each new attack, cybersecurity is obviously a critical and daunting challenge.

The goal of the Committee's oversight in this area is simple. It's to ensure that both the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) are technically sound and operationally robust…

I mean the pictures are horrible, and I do not want to minimize the disaster effect. We also want to put it in perspective.

One of the things I have seen--by August 9, 4 days later, the levels of metal and sediment from the Silverton area had returned to levels prior to the August 5 spill.