11/02/2015
https://www.congress.gov...
"The coal industry's latest comment on the recent alarming birth defects research... is that the research did not take into account that those of us living in mountaintop removal communities are a bunc..."
"Mountaintop removal has been in full stride now for about 15 to 20 years and already we are witnessing health effects of human exposure to the fallout of this insane method of mining, and it is insane..."
"I ask each of you, in the name of our great nation, to put your politics aside, stand for what's right, protect our citizens."
"There should be an immediate moratorium placed on all mountaintop removal operations until the Federal Government can take a look."