NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2015. Last week Patriot Coal attempted to take $18 million of the $22 million put aside to cover the healthcare obligations for retired Squaw Creek coal miners and their families and use it to pay its lawyers instead. Hillary Clinton strongly criticized the proposal and late last night, the bankruptcy court approved a revised bankruptcy plan that protects the benefits the miners have earned and deserve. In response to this development, Hillary Clinton released the following statement:
