Political Quotes

“this article embraces the comments of many dear friends of the Senator, and I say with some humility, a few of my own comments as well. I think back to reminisce on the 28 years that I have been privileged to have represented the Commonwealth of Virginia in this Chamber. There is no single individual for whom I have greater reverence or respect than my dear friend, the senior Senator from West Virginia. We were bonded together early on. When I arrived here, he sought me out, and I sought him out because our two great States at one time, were one State, the State of Virginia. But now, even though we are two States, our states have so many issues in common. How many times Senator Byrd and I have come to this floor with regard to the subject of the coal miners, their safety, their ability to operate and provide that essential component to America's energy needs, coal; how dangerous is the profession, how much we respect their families and other ones who share the risk that the miners take every day. Then, more specifically, I remember so well how we have worked together all of these many years in support of clean-coal-burning technology. Coal is the largest single reserve of energy that this Nation possesses--the largest, far beyond petroleum, far beyond natural gas, far beyond the other renewables, and so forth. Coal is there.…”