Too often our miners face insurmountable obstacles to access benefits they have undeniably earned.
It is unacceptable that they still face the threat of black lung disease.
I can't help but believe that greed and the desire to reap large profits lead some coal companies to fight against miners and the government...
The Administration should be commended for taking this major step forward.
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 in...
the Democratic majority in Congress, along with President Obama, has taken action in recent years to improve our Black Lung system.
Justice delayed is often justice denied for coal miners suffering the debilitating effects of Black Lung disease.
Importantly our bill would improve the way wildfire suppression is funded without increasing Federal funding.
The Wildfire Disaster Funding Act would give more--give firefighters and land managers more tools for efficient and effective fire managemen...
Our bill would better limit the reallocation of resources away from fire prevention and hazardous fuels reduction projects which reduce the ...
If it was not for the export markets right now, our economy would be very much hurting in West Virginia and I am sure around other States ar...