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James Lankford: “You might want to check on some of the regulations coming down in the coal industry then because that has been a pretty…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2015
You might want to check on some of the regulations coming down in the coal industry then because that has been a pretty rapid acceleration, some of the call issues and the number of jobs that have been lost on that one.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford highlights job losses in the coal industry due to regulations.

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