[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 1, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H1052]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TERESA HAYWOOD'S STORY

  (Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia. Mr. Speaker, the war on coal hurts 
every family in West Virginia.
  A local small-business owner affected by the war on coal is Teresa 
Haywood, who owns a floral shop in McDowell County. She is a true West 
Virginia coal voice.
  She writes to me:

       Our business has dropped majorly, and I am struggling day 
     to day to just try to decide to pay the bills or to restock. 
     People keep asking if I am going to keep my business open.
       It has gotten hard to survive, much less stay in business, 
     when we have to cut on groceries just to make the bills so we 
     can have a home to live in. And then us losing our only 
     Walmart in the county has just been another kick in the 
     teeth.
       I have a teenage son who worries about finding a job every 
     day because he doesn't want to move from home and a college 
     senior who won't come back here because he knows there is 
     nothing for him here.

  Mr. Speaker, these are the true West Virginia coal voices. The war on 
coal must stop.

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