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Shelley Moore Capito: “I am especially concerned about this disease because we have a lot of coal miners in West Virginia.”

On the recordMay 16, 2022
I am especially concerned about this disease because we have a lot of coal miners in West Virginia.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia

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Capito highlights the impact of pulmonary fibrosis on coal miners in her state.

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