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On the recordNovember 30, 2015
You and I don't just talk this; we walk it. We have actually gone into the mines with these people. You and I have seen communities that have been shut down, not just mines that have been shut down--communities that have been shut down, families that have been shattered now and scattered across the country, people that have lost jobs that were generational jobs. This President has turned his back on coal, America's workhorse. We must reclaim it.
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Mike Kelly
Republican · Pennsylvania

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