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heating in the winter and air conditioning in the summer. it s the least we can do to make sure that they get the benefit that is they ve earned from the career that they ve put in to and the coal mining industry and the coal miners protection act very, very important legislation and i was glad to see that we finally got that done. we kept about 22,000 coal miners from losing their health benefits. and that was very important. i think we did the right thing. and along with that legislation and another piece of legislation that you supported was the effort to repeal the stream protection rule. can you explain what that was and your involvement in that effort? absolutely i can. when i first came to congress in 2011, i became aware of what the interior department, the office of surface mining and reclamation, was trying to do with the rule known as the stream protection rule. at this time, it was called the stream buffer zone rule. they changed the name of it so that i ....
district runs along ohio. i want to ask you about coal miners health benefits. we are coming off a week in which the on the this spending bill omnibus spending included provisions on health benefits. wisely government involved in health benefits for coal miners why is the government involved in health benefits for coal miners? guest: we have to be. these were benefits promised to call miners. the coal industry, as you heard mr. murray talk about, has kept the lights on and heating in the winter and air-conditioning in the summer. it s the least we can do to make sure they can get the benefits they have earned from the career that they put into in the coal mining industry. the coal miners protection a ct, very important legislation, and i was glad to see we got that done. we kept about 22,000 coal miners from losing their health benefits coul and that was very important. i think we did the right thing. host: another piece of legislation you supported was the effort to ....
mines are for that etal how much countries are developing how much steel we need to make buildings. host: manuel quinones is our first guest this morning. special phone lines today. we want to hear your comments coal miners and family members of coal miners, 202-748-8001. otherwise, lines are split up regionally. ,entral and eastern time zones 202-748-8000. mountain pacific time zones, 202-748-8002. let s talk about the power plants themselves. where will you find coal power plants in the united states? guest: they are all over the country. you have a lot of coal-fired power plants in ohio and indiana and missouri. western states, you ve got southern states it really runs the gamut. if you look at the ohio valley area, an area that has been historically coal heavy because it is easy to transport, you have rivers and rail and a lot of mines nearby, but really, it is distributed across the country. there s a lot of states that have tried to move away from coal. a lo ....
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