Mark Gordon: “It’s important not only for the coal industry. It’s important for every industry.”

I again urge passage of this bill and yield the remainder of my time to my friend from Michigan (Mr. Levin).

let me just first say I do not want to offend anyone personally here today, and this is not a personal argument. It is just that because I know the Republicans here just like myself work hard, they care about their country and they go home…

let me just very quickly say that my friend, the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Larson), has been a great champion for the manufacturing sector of our economy. And this is a very commonsense amendment that I think is a positive addition…

I have asked a member of the Committee on Rules to explain why we did not have an opportunity to vote on the ATP program to bring more jobs to this country, and I did not get a satisfactory answer. I asked a very informed member of the…