So, Mr. Secretary, how important is it for Congress to act to codify these efforts to ensure the long term viability of coal mining in America? Well, I think it's, it's incredibly important because as we've discussed here, I mean, We need baseload power is absolutely, it's not, it's imperative that we maintain that baseload power. And it would be imperative that we can move some of these energy discussions away from, you know, out of ideology and into having the durability of Congress, Congress passing laws to support them. (03:26–03:34)
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Asserts the necessity of maintaining baseload power for energy stability.
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