On the recordOctober 20, 2015
I was moved by the story of Steve Day, a miner, featured in the Center for Public Integrity's Pulitzer Prize winning investigation into the black lung benefit system.
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congress.govFrederica Wilson: “I was moved by the story of Steve Day, a miner, featured in the Center for Public Integrity's Pulitzer Prize winning…”
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Wilson shares a personal connection to a miner's story related to black lung benefits.
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