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Dean jones, richard k. lane, william roosevelt lynch, nicolas darrell mccroskey, joe marcum, ronald lee maynor, james e. mooney, adam keith morgan, rex l. mullins, joshua s. napper, howard d. payne, dillard earl persinger, joel r. price, deward scott, gary quarles, grover dale skeens, benny willingham and ricky workman. nothing i or the vice president or the governor, none of the speakers here today, nothing we say can fill the hole they leave in your hearts. or the absence that they leave in your lives. ....
Ronald mainer, james mean. chris: adam keith morgan, rex l. mullens, joshua s. naper, howard d. pane, dillard earl, joel r. price, stewart scott, gary corals, grover dale skeins, benny willingham, and ricky wharton. nothing i, or the vice president, or the governor, none of the speakers here today, nothing we say can fill the hole they leave in your hearts, or the absence they leave in your lives. if any comfort can be found it can, perhaps, be found by seeking the face of god. who quiets our troubled minds. ....
virginia. and we deeply cherish that. those of us who live here. and we honor that profession. and people say, well, why do they go into those coal mines? they go into those coal mines to provide for their families, and in the process, they keep the lights on in america. [ applause ] but for the families, that means waiting each day, every day, for the sound of your loved one s footsteps on the front porch. it means waiting anxiously to hear that they have returned safely. every day. and the 29 families who one day never heard those footsteps knew what that terrible silence meant. it is almost too much to bear. so we ask why. why does this happen yet again? as the governor said, we will find out. we will learn exactly what happened. we will get answers. and we will pass legislation to meet the requirements of those answers. and we will do it for you, the miners, of west virginia and america. [ applause ] in closing, i should note that west virginia, all of west virginia ....