Washington, D.C.—U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell held a press conference today outside the United States Capitol to discuss EPA’s recently proposed greenhouse gas standards for existing power plants and the negative impact they will have on electricity prices, the coal industry and everyday consumers and families.

Senator McConnell was joined at the press conference by Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky), Chairman Hal Rogers (Ky-05) and Representative Andy Barr (Ky-06). Also joining them were members of the Congressional Coal Caucus as well as former coal miner, and America’s Got Talent star, Jimmy Rose, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps from Pineville, Kentucky, who sang his song “Coal Keeps the Lights On.”

Senator McConnell speaking at pro-coal press conference at the U.S. Capitol
 

Jimmy Rose performs “Coal Keeps The Lights On” at the U.S. Capitol