First of all, let me just say that the State of West Virginia thanks you all for your service, and we have the utmost re...
I believe we need to have a process where we have a discussion about the implications of what's going on right now.
If we could do it then, and we were asked, or we think we were asked, to come in this time, or we had the support of the...
on behalf of myself and Senator Rockefeller, we want to thank you for the courtesy you've extended to us.
Who has primacy? If I have State law, and I've got our inspectors--and we're going out there because we live there.
I think we're going to have to look at.
Do you believe that it's time to have truly one agency doing training and one agency doing inspections?
What has happened over the--and I think that Senator Enzi will say the same, because coming from a large mining State, i...
Let me make it very clear, I do not, under any circumstances, think that we should eliminate it.
Has MSHA ever considered basically taking the lead role on, basically, teaching the safety end of it?
The only thing I would ask for, if you would, give me a breakdown of how you're coordinating.
What I hear a lot from both the miners themselves and operators is that there are two inspections going on; and one migh...
The coal miners in West Virginia... they're the salt of the earth; they're hard workers; they're patriotic people; they ...
I made a commitment that day to not rest until we made every improvement necessary to our mine safety laws.
I think that concludes our testimony this morning. I thank you both very, very much.
The safety of West Virginia's coal miners is extremely important to me.
I think a lot of West Virginians share your belief with that.
I think where I'm having a problem with the cost is, I remember the Gulf War.
