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John Shimkus: “We do know what the goal of--and that is to kill coal and coal generation in this country.”

On the recordSeptember 8, 2014
We do know what the goal of--and that is to kill coal and coal generation in this country.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Shimkus criticizes regulatory goals aimed at reducing coal generation.

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