Without a doubt, the new stream buffer zone rule under consideration by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is unworkable; it would, unquestionably, adversely affect coal mining and eliminate mining jobs so important to our West Virginia economy. The message I send to the agency is this: 'Go back to the drawing board.'
Rahall criticizes a new rule affecting coal mining jobs in West Virginia.
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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.
It is my honor to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), a former member of our powerful House Transportation Committee, who decided to go to the esteemed Ways and Means Committee.
May I have the time remaining, please. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from West Virginia has 1 minute remaining, and the gentleman from Pennsylvania has 6 minutes remaining.
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