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On the recordJuly 29, 2014
When President Obama was a candidate in 2008, he pledged to the San Francisco Chronicle that he would bankrupt the coal industry.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas

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McCaul criticizes Obama's pledge regarding the coal industry.

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