"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And I want to thank you, Chairman Leahy and also Ranking Member Grassley, for putting this hearing together."
"The general concept we would agree with."
"In general, Senator, we agree that it would not be an appropriate remedy."
"VPP will not work if it is the sole responsibility of a safety director, a safety cop if you will, looking over an employee's shoulder."
"To be a successful VPP, you have to trust your employees and empower them to participate in their site safety and health programs."
"Perhaps I am a dreamer, but I am not the only one. I am also a doer and so are thousands of VPP workers."
"Nucor is made up of more than 20,000 teammates whose goal is to take care of our customers by being the safest, highest quality, lowest cost, most productive, and most profitable steel and steel produ..."
"The cornerstone of Nucor's continuous safety and health improvements is VPP."
"Nucor's safety goal, as is OSHA's, is zero incidents and accidents."
"At Nucor, as a corporation, our DART rate, days away restricted time, is actually 75 percent lower than the industry average."
"When the OSHA came to the door 20 years ago, that was not a good day."
"The recorded music industry is both a staple of our popular culture and an essential element for our economy."