For Pete's sake, help our senators out. Tell everyone the truth of the matter, as you should by now know it: Coal is an incredibly valuable resource that can supply our liquid fuel and chemical manufacturing raw material needs. And, the by-products of it's use, including and especially Carbon Dioxide, can, if effort is put to the task, themselves be valuable raw materials for us; raw materials which can be used for many things, including, even, the manufacture of more liquid fuels.
All of that is solidly documented. Let our senators know and, more importantly, let their constituents know.
Give 'em some help in doing what it is you, we all, want, and need, them to do.