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Article: I'll support no bill that threatens West Virginia coal
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
- Article date:
- November 8, 2009
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When I first came to West Virginia more than 40 years ago, it was
to work with coal miners and their families - good people who worked
hard and risked their lives so that the rest of America could turn
the lights on and build a strong economy; good people who counted on
their jobs to put food on the table, build a home, send their kids
to school, and save a little for retirement.
Coal mining is our heritage in West Virginia, just as important
now as it was then, and just as fundamental to the future of our
country.
I have spent my career fighting for coal miners all across our
state: for their safety, their health care, their retirement, their
jobs. We've been on the front lines of some ...