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Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon participated in a press conference today outside of the U.S. Capitol where he discussed the EPA’s new carbon plan for existing power plants and its negative impacts on Hoosiers families, jobs, and affordable energy. 

Bucshon was joined by Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, members of the Congressional Coal Caucus, and America’s Got Talent star, Jimmy Rose, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps from Pineville, Kentucky. 

VIDEO OF DR. BUCSHON’S REMARKS CAN BE ACCESSED HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Alu66T_u60. 

Dr. Bucshon speaks at a press conference in Washington, DC hosted on the EPA’s new coal proposal.  

America’s Got Talent star, Jimmy Rose, sings his song, “Coal Keeps the Lights On” at a press conference on the EPA’s coal proposal. 

MORE PICTURES FROM THE EVENT CAN BE FOUND HERE: https://www.flickr.com/photos/replarrybucshon/sets/72157646041706301/. 

Full video from the press conference, including KY Senators McConnell and Paul as well as America’s Got Talent star, Jimmy Rose, who sang his song, “Coal Keeps the Lights On” can be found HERE.

BACKGROUND: 

85 percent of Indiana’s energy is coal-generated and every Hoosier coal mine is located in the Eighth Congressional District.