[Hoot Gibson]

I drove down US 23 to I-64 today, and I have never seen so few trucks on the road or waiting to dump a load of coal. Obama is not killing the coal industry in eastern Kentucky he has already accomplished his mission.

I know that low natural gas prices have reduced the demand for coal, but the damage that Obama's EPA and MSHA are doing to the industry will cripple it for years to come. Once he is elected, the Romney will need to be extremely aggressive in purging those agencies of the managers who were put in place to destroy the industry. The easiest way to grant regulatory relief to the coal industry and others targeted with extermination by Obama would be for Congress to pass a law nullifying all regulations adopted during the last four years, or at least suspend them, pending a speedy review of each new regulation.