"Just give me some tariff protection and I can compete with them."
"I see a paradox with this. I heard the administration talking about we want to do more research and development in energy but yet the very laboratory that you all fund is being reduced by $800 million..."
"We feel left behind."
"I have had conversations with him and he is very frustrated with what is happening long term."
"But this was a retroactive veto. Are you aware of that?"
"Since you have heard of this now, are you going to look into it?"
"Do you think that it is something that they should have checked with you about before they embarked on something that was so draconian to West Virginia?"
"Do you think if they--if rulemaking can occur like this in a retroactive fashion directed to the coal industry, would it not also apply to petroleum, chemical, other industries as well?"