Peter Welch actually said...

"In my view, that is wrong. The wrongdoer, not the taxpayer, should pay all of the settlement."

"There is that kind of economic dislocation that my colleagues who are from coal country are acutely aware of."

"I am a strong supporter of efforts to clean our air and to move away from fossil fuels, but that trip really brought home to me that there is an impact on real people."

"I had a chance to go to West Virginia and go into a coal mine with Mr. McKinley, and I'll tell you, it was a really powerful experience."