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Howard Griffith: “I think that Mr. Dingell's comments in regard to the circumstances are always changing is one of the reasons that I feel…”

On the recordMarch 18, 2013
I think that Mr. Dingell's comments in regard to the circumstances are always changing is one of the reasons that I feel so strongly that we ought not to throw coal out, or treat coal as if it were a bad word, because long-term, we know we have got plenty of coal.
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia

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Griffith emphasizes the importance of coal despite changing circumstances.

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