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Howard Griffith: “My experience also coming from coal country is is that coal is under assault and that it is driving up electric prices…”

On the recordJune 18, 2012
My experience also coming from coal country is is that coal is under assault and that it is driving up electric prices just as Candidate Obama had promised.
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia

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Griffith claims coal is under attack, raising electricity costs as predicted by Obama.

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