It is very disturbing because the President has proposed cutting this $45 million from Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners.
Since the beginning of 2017, 19 miners have died in America, coalminers. Ten of them have been in my State and Senator C...
The average coalminer, or most of them, are widows who are receiving these pensions, only $595 a month.
The miners in West Virginia, and all over this country, have done the heavy lifting for our country.
It is critical that Federal dollars are focused where there is strong evidence and a return on investment rather than on...
the President's budget would mean that millions of workers, including dislocated coalminers and veterans, could lose acc...
the Registered Apprenticeship program is a top priority of mine, which is why I am very pleased we were able to increase...
I introduced the Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act with Senator Casey and a few others.
We have expanded with good intentions, made a lot of benefits.
My final question is going to be since 1998, the VA's budget has quadrupled from $42.38 billion to $188.65 billion.
We are seeing political interest groups given a seat at the table instead of veterans service organizations.