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Lisa Murkowski: “The coal industry estimates that between 40,000 and 78,000 direct jobs could be lost.”

On the recordOctober 26, 2015
The coal industry estimates that between 40,000 and 78,000 direct jobs could be lost.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski highlights potential job losses due to the proposed rule.

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