11/16/2020
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"I think we can all agree there hasn't been a war on coal going on in 2018 and 2019."
"I will be introducing the Black Lung Benefit Improvement Act to ensure that miners have access to unbiased medical evidence, ample representation, and up to date benefit payments."
"What is your answer about why that appeal was never adjudicated between 2015 and when they filed for bankruptcy in 2019?"
"the coal industry's risky self-insurance practices have endangered those benefits, and the mismanagement of funds and the lack of oversight by the Department of Labor have made a bad situation worse."