Pelosi: I’m Not an Advocate for Coal … But I Am an Advocate for Coal Miners

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PELOSI: "When we had the vote on the omnibus bill in December, I voted against it. You know why? Because it was pathetically meager in addressing the needs of coal miners in our country. Now I’m not an advocate for coal, I think it degrades the environment, but I am an advocate for coal miners. This administration loves coal but rejects the coal miners. If you go to my office right now, you will see a statue of the coal miners that my father gave me that was in his office when he served in Congress and has been in mine since I've been there. Finally, in this last bill we did something about coal miners' health care, but we still have not honored our responsibility to them for pensions."