i also unanimous consent to have david mckinley of west virginia's first district to participate in today's hearing. hearing no objection, so ordered. i now recognize myself for five minutes. we will hear an update on the spruce coal mine in logan county west virginia. this is one of the most disappointing legacies of federal bureaucracy in history. the obama administration agency can attempt to single handedly decide to pull permits which destroys jobs and cripples our economy and try to do this without consequence. at the heart of this issue the the lack of confidence in permitting by the federal government. if without cause an agency can veto issued permits then how can any company, contractor or concessionair have confidence to invest in america when their permit is not worth the paper its written on. fortunately u.s. district judge amy jackson found the e.p.a.'s action were a power grab not justified by the statute. the obama administration is committed to a war on coal and is appealing this clear decision. this appeal will consume tax dollars and time in our courts, and for what? to d

representative david mckinley mckinley a republican from west virginia recently sent out a mailer to his constituents energy expressed very similar concerns as those the democrats have with paul ryan's house g.o.p. budget the mailer says mckinley voted against paul ryan's republican budget because of quote the plan's negative impact on northern west virginia seniors and because it harms in title on programs like social security and medicare in time when the republican party has shifted to the far right nice to see that there are still one or two in the grand old party want to stand up and do the right thing the american people. the bad. apple apple stores have now twice refused to sell apple products to a reigning in americans according to a report by w.s.p. t.v. so hard and iranian american is told by store employees in a georgia store that it's corporate policy not to sell any goods to iran without authorization of the u.s. government so that repeatedly told the story ploys that she was just and rainy in america but it didn't matter and in a store in virginia zach just farzad he wa

i also ask unanimous consent to have congressman david mckinley of west virginia's first district onanticipate today's hearing. no objections? so ordered. i now recognize myself for five minutes. today, we will hear an update on the ongoing legacy that is the spruce call mine in logan county, west virginia. this saga is one of the most disappointing legacies of federal bureaucracy in american history. this is the story of how one agency, the environmental protection agency, can attempt to single-handedly decide to retroactively pull permits which destroys jobs rankles very kauai. and tries to do this with consequence \. inre's a lack of confidence permitting with the federal government. if an agency can retroactively veto issue permits, then how can any company contractor or concessionary have confidence to invest in america when there permit is not worth the paper it is printed on. fortunately, u.s. district judge amy jackson found that the epa's actions were not justified by the statues. even with such a starch projection by the courts, the obama administration is committed to war