I hope we have a chance to go to the Coal River Valley in West Virginia, because notwithstanding what the gentlemen here say from the industry, there's been pretty serious complaints and documented reports about poison water, massive sludge dumps, floods, tumor clusters, and I think it's important to get that side of the story as well.
Kucinich emphasizes the need to investigate environmental issues in West Virginia's coal mining areas.
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