First, I heard Mr. Thompson say something about PILT. It was affirmative.

If they suddenly find themselves millionaires because they won the lottery... they don't think those folks ought to necessarily be getting Medicaid.

I thank Congressman Goodlatte for yielding. It is my honor and privilege to be here to recognize these three Virginians who have served their Commonwealth so well. Scott Rigell and I were elected along with Robert Hurt back in the same…

All bills coming out of the Senate shall be treated under Senate rules.

I would just say that I recognize the concerns that the opponents to this amendment have; but what we are trying to do is to take some money, direct it for an environmental purpose, but also help take the reclaimed mine lands, make them…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 28, line 3, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased by $15,000,000)''. Page 28, line 16, after the dollar…

My amendment provides a modest increase in grant funding to Appalachian States for the reclamation of abandoned mine lands in conjunction with economic and community development and reuse goals. Funding for these reclamation grants was…

We aren't doing it and we should be doing it whether it is Democrats or Republicans as I said.

It is the same kind of thing here. They are interpreting the law in such a way.

It is high time that we start defending the legislative prerogative.

I think the 60-vote rule in the Senate is killing us.

It doesn't matter whether it is a Republican or a Democrat, whether it is a program I like or dislike, we have got to follow the law.

According to the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity by the end of 2016 it is estimated that almost 51 megawatts of coal-fired generation will retire or convert because of EPA policies.

Well, there certainly isn't a difference of opinion with 'shall,' is there? 'Shall' means you shall do it, does it not?

I appreciate the gentlewoman's comments and recognize that they did plus it up a little bit. But when you look at the folks that I represent and the thousands of folks who have lost their jobs in the mining industry, we have to do more. We…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 43, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $50,000,000)''. Page 45, line 16, after the dollar amount…

May I inquire as to how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia has 1 minute remaining.

This is a fairly simple amendment, and it is a commonsense amendment. While the technologies could also be used that this amendment will plus up for natural gas or oil, I will focus my attention on coal because that is what happens in my…

I mentioned in the previous panel that there was an article in the Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia, my area, at least the beginning of my area, and in the article that was talking about the Virginia Tech water study team, it said that…

How do I defend an EPA that that is the condemnation coming out of my district from the professor, Dr. Edwards?

This bill, like the others before it dealing with dams, deals with a dam in Alleghany County, Virginia, the Gathright Dam project. It, too, was given a license. It, too, for various reasons amongst the agencies in the company seeking to…

Like the previous bills, this is a dam project in which the license was issued, but for various reasons, the timeline has expired or is about to expire, and this would give it up to an additional 6 years in which to get the project…

I apologize. We had a meeting related to the coal industry and black lung.

I would see as the EPA's war on coal and the shutdown of like half of the industry in the last couple of years.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: TITLE XVII--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION SEC. 1701…