Nick Rahall: “I rise in vehement opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from West Virginia is recognized for 5…”

I am happy to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Enyart), who is on the Agriculture Committee and an original sponsor of the legislation. He has been of tremendous help in moving this forward.

I am happy to yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Bishop), our distinguished ranking member. Again, I thank him for his tremendous vision and superb knowledge which has brought this conference report to the floor today.

I appreciate and thank Congresswoman Lois Frankel for organizing this special order to recognize the significance of Israel's Independence at the kind invitation of Linda Kline. I was pleased to join Rabbi Jean Eglinton of B'Nai Sholom…

On Monday, the EPA is expected to unleash what is essentially a Federal cap-and-trade proposal aimed at our Nation's existing coal-fired power plants. I will oppose this rule, as it will adversely affect coal miners and coal mining…