06/26/2012
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"It's a good piece of legislation. It should pass."
"Senator McCaskill and I are the authors of it. We have 7 Democrats on board now including the Chair, Senator Landrieu."
"Senator Barrasso is one of the original co-sponsors."
"When we tried to pass a reasonable piece of legislation--the Byrd bill--to strengthen our mine safety laws... we were blocked by the coal industry and their allies in Congress."