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Ed Whitfield: We should be making good use of this gift instead of strangling it in red tape.

On the recordFebruary 4, 2013
We should be making good use of this gift instead of strangling it in red tape.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Criticizes regulations hindering the use of America's coal resources.

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