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On the recordFebruary 10, 2015
while workers in central Appalachia, and particularly in the 9th District of Virginia, which I happen to represent, are being laid off in the mines because of EPA policy
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia

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Griffith expresses concern over job losses in his district due to EPA policies.

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