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On the recordOctober 6, 2015
universally they said it's regulations. Regulations are what--we have had seven power plants in West Virginia here have been shut down, 45 percent of our coal miner workforce has been unemployed.
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David McKinley
Republican · West Virginia

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McKinley discusses the impact of regulations on coal miners' unemployment in West Virginia.

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