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Jared Huffman: “The bill we are discussing here today would stop the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining from adopting a new…”

On the recordAugust 1, 2013
The bill we are discussing here today would stop the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining from adopting a new rule to protect the people of Appalachia from destructive mountaintop removal mining.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Huffman criticizes a bill that undermines protections against mountaintop removal mining.

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