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Ed Whitfield: “I think that is not something that we need very much of.”

On the recordJune 17, 2013
I think that is not something that we need very much of.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Criticizing lawsuits that hinder job creation in the coal industry.

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