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John Yarmuth: “We knew that then. And yet coal-mining employment still increased from 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.”

On the recordOctober 28, 2013
We knew that then. And yet coal-mining employment still increased from 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
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John Yarmuth
Democratic · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Yarmuth argues that EPA regulations are not the sole reason for changes in coal-mining employment.

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