Nick Rahall: “We were treated with dignity and respect at a level we have never experienced in our homeland.”

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…

At this time, it is my pleasure to yield 4 minutes to the gentlelady from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), a very powerful lady on the Committee on Appropriations, the ranking member on Energy and Water Development.

I am honored to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia, Eleanor Holmes Norton, the distinguished ranking member on our Highways and Transit Subcommittee.

I am very honored at this time to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Bishop), the distinguished ranking member of our Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment on our Transportation Committee, although we are not in…