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Goes, each party is going to claim victory. >> all right, lets go to the five democrats who have confirmed that they will vote in finding the attorney general in contempt of congress. looks like this. jim mathisen we told you yesterday out of utah. nick rayhall is there from west virginia. west virginia not too happy lately with the president. john barrow of georgia. colin peterson also andike mcentire of north carolina. unconfirmed, we understand but leaning that way, joe bacca of california wi...

West virginia reserve for feuds like the hatfields and the mccoys. you would have thought that the line item veto had been killing members of the byrd family for hundreds of years. it made his blood boil. you have never been lectured by anybody as nick rayhall said, unless bob byrd has lectured you, you have not been lectured. i regret that every member of congress and every following president will not be dressed down by robert byrd, and darn if he was not right on the decline of the line-item ...

>> reporter: thank you. to mona and marriage reand to senator byrds entire family, including those adorable great grand daughters that i had a chance to meet, michelle and i offer our deepest sympathies. to senator byrds friends, including the speaker of the house, the majority leader, the republican leader, president clinton, vice president biden, vickie kennedy, nick rayhall and all the previous speakers. senator rockefeller for the outstanding work that youve

That those warning signs werent brought to the proper officials. we know now because of your research of the violations issued as late as monday, but there were violations ive just learned that were issued as late as march 30th that were perhaps of a more serious nature involving ventilation. when you have violations or citations issued because of ventilation, improper ventilation for methane and co and other hazardous gases, then that should be a warning something is wrong, but it should be mad...

>> were talking about accountability in the wake of the west virginia coal mine explosion. the mine is in nick rayhalls district. after the sago disaster, federal law about mine safety was changed. everyone said the goal so this would never happen again. does that agency, the mine safety and health administration, does it still lack teeth or resources or resolve to do the job the way it needs to be done? >> well, couple points. let me say first of all, im not going to dispute your well researche...

Youve never been lectured by anybody, nick rayhall said that. you have never known a lecture. i regret that every new president and every new member of congress will never have the experience of being dressed down by senator robert byrd, and ill be darned if he wasnt right about that to the supreme court rule for him instead of me on the climb on the line item veto. the point i want to make here is a serious one. he did as good a job for you as he could. as far as he was concerned, there was no ...