I think it comes to another, a bigger, question really probably throughout the Park System is that your communities that are supportive of the Park System, many times are small communities because you are in rural areas, you are in outdoor…
Shelley Capito
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But in order to keep them viable and growing, you have to make sure that we are taking care of communities at the same time.
The visits to West Virginia and going underground, I think, does really make you realize what a tough job coalmining is.
I hope we can get another pro-CCUS bill. It is a win-win; it is an energy bill; it is a carbon emission reduction bill; and it will benefit all of us economically.
It was a huge milestone for all of us because we had a bipartisan group of Senators, a diverse coalition of coal and oil industry, environmental groups, and the labor organizations that were supporting us.
If West Virginia can pull this off and get it together like we did, then I think your States really need to look to step up.
I think you all have done a really nice job talking about why CCUS is important for the environment.
I would like to ask a simple question of everyone. Senator Whitehouse, in his opening statement, got me thinking about this.
So I would say--you say you regret that decision that you wish you had been more transparent at the time.
I want to know, could I get a commitment from you today that Facebook will commit to having a representative with Commissioner Gottlieb to finalize with this meeting?





