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Riley Moore: “The clean power plant rule that shut down all those coal…”

Featuring: Riley Moore, Republican | U.S. House West Virginia, District 2

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Rep. Moore Gives Speech in Support of Coal During Appropriations Markup

Published | Video Starts at 02:17

We're moving in the opposite direction. So just to me this whole thing doesn't even make any sense. And Mr. Chairman, remember during that same time in the Obama administration, everybody remember The clean power plant rule that shut down all those coal plants. That's why they shut down, because they put standards in that were impossible for any coal plant to meet. And but oh yeah, that's 100% true. (02:17–02:22)

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Asserts that the clean power plant rule was responsible for shutting down coal plants.

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