BOWLING GREEN, KY – U.S. Senator Rand Paul today released the following statement on the Kentucky Quarterly Coal report just released by the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet. The report details a record low in coal mine employment, with 3218 jobs lost in 2015 alone – a nearly 28% decrease from 2014.
 
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“President Obama and his Environmental Protection Agency have been dead set on destroying Kentucky’s coal industry at any and all costs, and our Commonwealth is continuing to suffer as a result. They have continued to impose outrageous and suffocating regulations upon one of Kentucky’s most important industries while ignoring the negative consequences for our coal miners and their families. I have tirelessly fought against Obama’s liberal, job-killing War on Coal, and I will continue to do so while proposing new solutions like Economic Freedom Zones to help these struggling coal communities,” Sen. Paul said.