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Barbara Cubin: “This amendment is not about monopolies. This amendment is about a Member promoting his own district, and that is a very…”

On the recordApril 11, 2003
This amendment is not about monopolies. This amendment is about a Member promoting his own district, and that is a very admirable thing to do. But what we have to do as Members of this body is protect our resources and not waste a precious resource. We have to protect the workers, and we have to protect the Federal Treasury and the State treasuries. Current law forces coal operators to either shut down their operation or abandon coal in place. We cannot waste the resource. It is too precious. We cannot have miners out of jobs because they have to shut down the operation. Powder River Basin coal sells for about $6 a ton. The lawsuits that the gentleman spoke to are about rate cases of utilities. Coal is sold in contracts. It is not regulated by the Surface Transportation Board, and that is what those lawsuits were about. These royalties are paid in advance. The Federal Treasury will lose no money. Please defeat the Rahall amendment.
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Barbara Cubin
Wyoming
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Discussing the implications of an amendment related to coal operations and resource management.

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