[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13059]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          SUPPORT MONTANA JOBS

  (Mr. ZINKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ZINKE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of Montana jobs and to 
rally against this administration's war on American coal.
  In Montana, coal means good-paying jobs. Those are blue collar, union 
jobs. Coal means economic opportunity. Coal means affordable utilities 
for families and manufacturers, and coal means Montana.
  In the words of Crow Chairman Old Coyote:

       For the Crow people, there are no jobs that compare to the 
     coal job. The wages and benefits exceed anything else that is 
     available. A war on coal is a war on the Crow people.

  Montana could lead the Nation in coal production; but, unfortunately, 
President Obama and his EPA are waging a more aggressive war on coal 
than they are against ISIS.
  Montana alone, and our coal, produces $1.7 billion in royalty 
payments; and that pays for schools, bridges, and our infrastructure.
  The EPA's Clean Power Plan will kill Montana jobs. Those are real 
jobs, like in the Rosebud mine in Colstrip, and across our State.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to support Montana and support our 
Nation's energy independence through coal.

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