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On the recordMarch 5, 2012
If you want to talk about costing tens of thousands of direct and indirect coal jobs, and causing electricity rates to go higher, then we should go forward with that goal.
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Bill Johnson
Republican · Ohio

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Johnson criticizes the impact of proposed coal regulations on jobs and electricity costs.

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