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West virginia and kentucky that were here at the eo signing a few days ago. i will tell you from a mining perspective, the miners and owners are very bullish on this. the people who are actually in the business applaud this effort, believe it will do a lot to revive the industry. it is obvious that a private industry, so i am not going to get into who does what. i know the industry itself says so. i am sorry. >> reporter: use of the announcement today comes two weeks after the automakers met her...

From west virginia and others from kentucky that were here when we did the eo signing a few days ago. from a mining perspective, the miners and the owners are very, very bullish on this. so the people who are actually in the business, applaud this effort, believe that it will do a lot to revive the industry. its, obviously, a private industry so im not going to get into who does what, but i know that the industry itself said so. steve? im sorry. >> [ inaudible ] you just said that the announceme...

Kentucky that were here and we did the eo signing a few days ago. i will tell fyou from a mining perspective, the miners and the owners are very, very bullish. the people in the business applaud this. its obviously a private industry so imnot goim not goit into who does what. >> you said the announcement today comes two weeks after the automakers met at the white house. did the white house or the president do anything in that meeting that led to this today? >> i think theres been some regulatory...