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David McKinley: “Where was that compassion over the years as the coal industry...lost a very similar number of jobs?”

On the recordSeptember 15, 2020
Where was that compassion over the years as the coal industry...lost a very similar number of jobs?
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David McKinley
Republican · West Virginia

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McKinley questions the lack of support for coal workers during job losses.

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