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On the recordJune 19, 2019
I respect that, but you saw the list, 86,000 mine jobs, coal mining-related jobs were lost because of those 1,500 regulations...
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David McKinley
Republican · West Virginia

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McKinley points out job losses due to regulations passed without congressional approval.

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