I am asking that you don't allow the EPA to destroy the industry that provides us the revenue to get to that next level.

Coal mining--particularly surface mining such as proposed at Spruce--can provide us jobs today and possibilities for tomorrow.

Unfortunately, we've been here before--in 1999 a federal Judge halted mining at the Dal-Tex site where the Spruce permit is located.

I am one of maybe three or four people in Congress that have a construction background, and I have dealt with permitting agencies for 40 some years.

If I thought my house was making me sick, I would leave.

If it were science, then let's build on the science.

It certainly was not the intention of Congress to change the business model for the American economy.

Thank you for holding this legislative hearing today on these important issues that affect our Nation's veterans.

As a Nation, it should be unacceptable for us to allow homeless veterans be housed in potentially unsafe conditions.

This is common-sense legislation that would ensure the well-being of our veterans.

H.R. 4079, Rep. David McKinley's 'Safe Housing for Homeless Veterans Act.'