02/27/2012
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"Do people just defy the accuracy or the logic of this that do not want anything touched in these areas, and these are pristine areas, I understand. But still yet, if I am going to preserve a pristine ..."
"the reduction hits them very, very hard."
"We made a promise to our miners and cutting this critical funding undermines that promise."
"That may seem like a small amount when we're talking about this huge budget, but for a $7.2 million program that serves some of the hardest working people the country, that's a lot of money."