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Shelley Moore Capito: “From 2009 through 2013, the State of West Virginia lost nearly 9,000 coal jobs.”

On the recordMarch 22, 2015
From 2009 through 2013, the State of West Virginia lost nearly 9,000 coal jobs.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia

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Capito highlighted job losses in West Virginia's coal industry under current policies.

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