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On the recordMay 19, 2010
Why didn't Don Blankenship shut this coal mine down? We don't have to question his authority. He runs this place.
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana

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Questioning Don Blankenship's decision not to shut down the unsafe coal mine.

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