On the recordMay 19, 2010
I don't believe it was because of lack of funding. I don't believe that MSHA lacked enforcement authorities. I don't believe that.
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Robert Byrd
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congress.govI don't believe it was because of lack of funding. I don't believe that MSHA lacked enforcement authorities. I don't believe that.
Byrd questioned the reasons behind the Upper Big Branch disaster despite funding increases.
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Let us clearly understand one thing. The Constitution's Framers never intended for the Senate to function like the House of Representatives.
The Framers recognized that a minority can be right and that a majority can be wrong.
Makes the majority leader and the majority party the subject of the minority, subject to the control and the will of the minority.