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yarmuth of kentucky. the chair: for how much time? >> three minutes. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for three minutes. mr. yarmuth: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. holt, for yielding. this bottle is filled with water from a well near a mountain top removal mining site in eastern kentucky. in case you can't see it, the water is orange. this is what comes out of the taps in appalachian communities where the water is contaminated by dangerous mine waste, which fills their wells and flows through the streams in their yards. it's the result of an inadequate law that is failing to protect public health and safety near mountain top removal mining sites. but today, rather than examining ways to strengthen that law and begin to address the public health crisis that accompanies mountain top removal mining in appalachia, we're debating a bill that would make it worse. mining communities already have more instances of chronic disorders and hypertension, as well as higher mortality rates, lung cancer rates and instances of chronic hear

yarmuth: request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for one minute. mr. yarmuth: madam speaker, during the past 40 years we have made tremendous progress in america. technologically, medically, socially, and for many of our citizens economically. but not if you're a family trying to get by on the minimum wage. in real value today's federal minimum wage is about 0% below the days when presidents ford and richard nixon, as american productivity has surged, the economic status of the american worker has weakened, and along with it the capacity of american consumers to continue driving our economy. even wal-mart executives have admitted an obvious cause an effect. when their employees can't afford to shop in their stores, profits will suffer. madam speaker, a fair minimum wage has the power to make work pay a little better, give families a shot at a stronger future, and grow our economy substantially. it is -- whereby american taxpayers must support low-w

made a friendly wager of locally distilled kentucky bourbon with my good friend from kentucky, john yarmuth. and while he thinks i'll be eating crow, i'm pretty sure the wildcats will be eating some cardinal come friday night. with that, madam speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, ms. speier, for five minutes. ms. speier: madam speaker, thank you. last week, as the world watched in disbelief, the trial of brigadier general sinclaire concluded much as it began, flawed and unjust. even with the world watching, the military once again demonstrated its outright incompetence at administering justice. brigadier general sinclaire walked out of the court a free man even though he had plead guilty to these charges. he plead guilty to an inappropriate relationships with his accuser, an inappropriate relationship with another female army captain, an inappropriate relationship with a female army major, possessing and displaying pornographic images and videos on his computer in afghanistan.

was no koch money, a lot of outside money but no koch money t led a congressman from kentucky, john yarmuthhe "new york times" he wishes there was a democratic super fook support democrat incumbents on the issue of the affordable care act. "i'm not in the superpack business but we need a billionaire like tom steyer." >> couple different things, we've come late to the super pack business, something the republicans had long the upper hand in, moving slowly and surely in that direction. i'm not that comfortable but never a big fan of unilateral disarmt amount. number two there's no denying that the senate math looks tough right now. one of the things that we have going for us is such as someone like sharron angle and tell being repeated around the country where these folks start popping off and they start making the party so radioactive that folks when they go to the elections in november are going to say do i really want to trust, control the united states senate to a bunch of radical republicans? so we'll see. >> there is the possibility of more of these tea party sharing types getting nomin