the President's recently announced executive order on apprenticeships would actually loosen standards that are intended ...
I do remain deeply concerned about President Trump's harmful agenda for workers and the Federal investments that help ma...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA, as we know it, plays a critical role in ensuring that our worke...
How do you intend to encourage the environment in which mine safety inspectors and mine employees are encouraged to spea...
Unfortunately, the President's budget request both includes a small cut to OSHA and shifts their focus away from enforce...
I guess what I would ask you is is the Department of Labor activity working on solutions for this problem?
If you are focusing--I mean, it looks like your shift is focusing away from enforcement and inspections. How would it be...
The underlying premise of MSHA's mission is to prevent minor fatalities and accidents.
In 2015, 4,836 workers were killed on the job across the country.
the President's budget proposes deep cuts to those investments that provide over 20 million workers with 21st century sk...
The budget that you have before us, you are satisfied, and I think you have stated this before, that the aim of transpar...
I think that is concerning because obviously that is a lot of retirement dollars that people look to.
I take exception that the Appalachian Regional Commission--even though in the President's budget it was zeroed out.
I envision employment opportunities locally, state-wide and regionally that will reinvigorate our West Virginia workforc...
As drafted, this bill will not ensure access to affordable health care in West Virginia, does not do enough to combat th...
For many West Virginia families, coal mining is a way of life and we must arm the Federal Government with the necessary ...
I co-sponsored legislation again this year--the Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act--which would increase criminal...
Time is of the essence--the longer we wait to solve this problem the more expensive and more difficult it becomes.
