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On the recordJune 6, 2016
I would invite her to Erwin, Tennessee, the tiny town that was home to CSX Rail, which just late last year had to shut down its operations because of what we call the war on coal, and 300 jobs were lost overnight.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe highlights job losses in Erwin due to environmental regulations affecting coal.

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