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Could lose -- im one of those miners that will lose his health care at the end of april if they dont pass that law. i come from local 1440 in a little town down the river where mcdowells water goes to when it leaves mcdowell county and were one of the largest locals in the umwa, we have over 800 members, all inactive. they are all retired. we look at things different and look at our health care and what weve already worked out. were not going to mine any more coal. our coal mining days are over ...

By the countries that went bankrupt and make sure those countries get the pensions and the health care that they desperately need. [ applause ] >> so since youre working in the mines and coal is a boom bust business, folks agree with that, right? >> yes. >> times get good, people get flush, people get jobs, everyone goes under, right, comes back. theres always that sense that maybe its going to come back. do you think that the president could get the mines opening again? can you imagine a future...

>> and when we talk about the future, education is obviously the key. the world is changing. [ applause ] again, this is not radicalism. i want every kid in burlington, vermont, and mcdowell, west virginia, to know if he or she studies hard and does well in school, that those kids will be able to go to a public college or university tuition-free. [cheers and applause ] and that transforms education because kids will say i will study because i will have an opportunity to get a higher education re...