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On the recordJune 2, 2011
But the bottom line is when you talk about coal and you talk about some of the things, and one of the things I found interesting we had some testimony here that we actually may be creating a worse problem with coal by shipping the jobs overseas.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton discusses the negative impact of overseas coal job shipping on air pollution.

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