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David McKinley: “Do you think if they--if rulemaking can occur like this in a retroactive fashion directed to the coal industry, would it…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
Do you think if they--if rulemaking can occur like this in a retroactive fashion directed to the coal industry, would it not also apply to petroleum, chemical, other industries as well?
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David McKinley
Republican · West Virginia

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McKinley questions the retroactive rulemaking's applicability to other industries.

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Come on, man. We can do better than this. Our communities in States like West Virginia and New Hampshire and Delaware are expecting something far better than that kind of response.

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