“Today we have an unfortunate example of what happens to Americans who work in an industry that has fallen out of favor with this White House.  The coal industry has been under a sustained and relentless attack by the Obama Administration and the unforgivable result is that more Kentuckians will join the millions of Americans who are unemployed and the price of electricity will climb even higher. The administration’s real goal here is not to see the coal industry comply with its regulations, but to see it driven out of business altogether.”

-Sen. McConnell regarding the impending closure of Kentucky Power's Big Sandy power plant