Political Quotes

“I rise to highlight several key parts of the appropriations package the Senate will be considering later on this week. First, I want to point out some statistics. Ninety-two thousand of our coal miners are counting on us to protect their pensions. Thirteen thousand coal miners are counting on us to protect their healthcare benefits. This week, we will have a chance to do just that. I am very proud to have worked with our leader, Senator McConnell, Senator Manchin, Senator Portman, and others to introduce and champion the Bipartisan American Miners Act. I appreciate that my counterpart on the House side, Congressman David McKinley, has worked consistently and tirelessly on this bill in the House, along with our other Representatives from West Virginia, Alex Mooney and Carol Miller. Most of all, I appreciate the West Virginian miners and their families who have traveled to Washington to advocate for their promised benefits and for their communities. I stood outside the Capitol with thousands of coal miners and their families several years ago in seriously suffocating heat, as DC can heat up during the summer, to rally in support of those benefits. Miners have come to Washington in the snow and in the rain. Their camouflage shirts have stood out around the Capitol as they worked tirelessly to educate us about the critical need for action. You have probably seen them in the halls.…”