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John Shimkus: “If there is a way we could transition and incentivize transitioning older generation to new generation then we'd give…”

On the recordJuly 5, 2016
If there is a way we could transition and incentivize transitioning older generation to new generation then we'd give these workers some hope.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

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Shimkus discusses the need for transitioning to new energy sources to support coal workers.

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