Eastern Kentucky can have a future; Mitch McConnell holds one of the keys.

I operate a small business based in Clay County that reclaims abandoned coal mines. Six other reclamation contractors have joined me in writing an open letter urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to pass the RECLAIM Act this month by attaching it to the bill to fund the federal government.

The RECLAIM Act would invest $100 million in reclamation work in Kentucky. I have folks calling me routinely looking for employment, and by increasing the amount of cleanup work in Kentucky by $100 million over five years, the RECLAIM Act would enable businesses like ours to hire more employees.