We vowed to improve safety in the mines, and we passed the MINERs Act, which we thought was pretty good.
Safety is also about State and Federal Government stepping in; I think, toughening up our laws, where appropriate.
We owe all workers action. We owe them accountability. We owe them assurance that when they go to work every day they are not alone.
Statistics from the mining industry offer dramatic proof that improved laws and regulations make a huge difference in workers' safety.
MSHA can and should be more pro-active and effective in using all the enforcement tools Congress provided in the Mine Act.
Our hearts and prayers go out to all the families who have lost their loved ones as well as with the family sitting by the hospital bed of t...
PAWA would address many of the core deficiencies in the current OSH Act.
It is time to hold CEOs and corporate Boards of Directors accountable when the facts reveal systematic problems with health and safety compl...
Tomorrow is Workers' Memorial Day to remember and honor those who have died from their work.
We have to the reach the point in this country that miners, without hesitation, report unsafe conditions.
The first priority and concern of all in the coal or other mining industry must be the health and safety of its most precious resource, the ...
Five coal mining disasters in barely 4 years is not only a crisis, it's a national disgrace.
The Protecting America's Workers Act is a powerful tool to allow families to have a say in investigations.
Please send a clear message to companies that safety is important.
I am here to represent the miners and their families in West Virginia.
The Federal Government has to do a better job of publicizing miners' safety rights and increasing their support of miners who exercise those...
The Congress must act.
It would be the end of the Senate as we know it and it was going to be Armageddon.
