Howard Griffith actually said...

"burdensome and unreasonable regulations that are hurting the American economy and hurting American jobs."

"Am I interpreting you correctly that while a mining company might have had the right to extract coal, there is nothing in that original permit that allows somebody to put carbon back into the ground?"

"I will tell you that I am very concerned."

"It was not the members of Congress who made that decision, 250 tons was the law that they wrote."