Nick Rahall
Nick Rahall
Nick Joe Rahall IIis an American former politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. Representative from West Virginia from 1977 to 2015. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of West Virginia...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 May 1949
CountryUnited States of America
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attractive facilities fuel level oil prices worldwide
Worldwide oil prices are now at a level that would make more attractive investments in large-scale coal-to-liquid fuel facilities in this country.
provide work
Our work to provide equal opportunities for all Americans should be a year-round mission.
half bills facts
Madam Speaker, I have spent more than half my life as a member of the Resources Committee. In that time I have supported numerous wilderness designations. In fact, I cannot recall ever opposing a wilderness bill.
fall merit wilderness
Wilderness designations should not be the result of a quid pro quo. They should rise or fall on their own merits.
believe exclusion common
Simply put, I believe we should not seek the lowest common denominator when it comes to wilderness and saddle a wilderness designation with exceptions, exclusions, and exemptions.
book election-years play
The President's announcement sounded less like a national energy plan than like a page from an election-year play book. This Administration's plan to reduce obscene oil company profits is to regulate them less.
compassion people desire
Today, our actions must be motivated only by our intense desire to achieve a just and lasting peace. The compassion and charity of the American people should be reflected in this legislation, though sadly, they are silenced.
compromise wilderness process
We all understand that compromise is part of the legislative process, yet at the same time, I would submit that wilderness is not for sale.
prayer school house
With that in mind and in celebration of National Prayer Day, today I have proposed in the House of Representatives a Constitutional Amendment that would restore voluntary prayer in our Nation's schools.
unique wilderness absence
Wilderness is not defined by the absence of certain activities, but rather by the presence of certain unique and invaluable characteristics.
intelligent people goal
Reasonable, even intelligent people can, and frequently do, disagree on how best to achieve peace in the Middle East, but, peace must be the goal of our foreign policy tools, whether they be by the stick or by the carrot.
prayer powerful people
As a people of faith, we know that prayer is a powerful instrument. And as one Nation under God, we know that many times our most powerful tool is prayer.
pain war september-11
But through world wars and a Great Depression, through painful social upheaval and a Cold War, and now through the attacks of September 11, 2001, our Nation has indeed survived.
believe government firsts
I believe that the Framers of the Constitution made their intent clear when they wrote the First Amendment. I believe they wanted to keep the new government from endorsing one religion over another, not erase the public consciousness or common faith.