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On the recordDecember 11, 2013
As you can imagine, I represent a State that exports 30 percent of the total coal exports because we can't burn them at home, and we are having difficulty with the President's war on coal.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia

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Capito discusses the impact of coal policies on her state's economy.

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