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April 7, 2008 - 11:04am
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New TV Ad for McConnell Campaign
By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com ReporterJust days after Democratic Senate candidate Bruce Lunsford aired his first TV spots of the primary race, incumbent Republican Senator Mitch McConnell is back with a new advertisement of his own.
McConnell's campaign began airing a minute-long ad focusing on health-risks created at the federally-owned Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Western Kentucky. There, workers processing uranium dust for weapons were exposed to numerous carcinogens, resulting in a high rate of cancer among employees.
The ad argues Senator McConnell had an integral role in securing funds and holding hearings to assist and compensate plant workers sickened by working at the plant. In 2000, McConnell, Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning (R-Southgate), 1st District Congressman Ed Whitfield (R-Hopkinsville), and then-4th District Congressman Ken Lucas (D-Covington) all sponsored or co-sponsored legislation dealing with compensation for plant workers in Paducah.
Whitfield ultimately introduced an amendment to create a benefit program in the Defense Reauthorization Bill of 2000. That amendment's passage into law was reportedly secured after McConnell, Bunning, and Whitfield pushed for approval of a conference report including the provision.
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