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RELEASE: Statement from Rep. Jim Newberger on DFL Press Conference

Monday, September 21, 2015
ST. PAUL, MN—Representative Jim Newberger, R-Becker, issued the following statement after a press conference where DFL Representative and Deputy Minority Leader Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, admitted there would "absolutely" be risk for job losses at Sherco under President Obama's Power Plan.
 
"Democrats should join us in fighting to support good-paying Minnesota jobs—not policies that actively seek to eliminate them. Government job training programs and layoff benefits are not enough to replace the jobs that support hundreds of families at power plants across the state. It's astonishing that Metro-area Democrats would continue to support policies that they openly admit would hurt Minnesota families and result in devastating and life-changing job losses."
 
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