Political Quotes

“I rise to address the tragic issue of carbon monoxide deaths on lakes around the country and in any body of water. A little under a year ago, two young boys, Dillan and Logan Dixey, ages 8 and 11, died tragically swimming off the swim-step of their houseboat on Lake Powell. That triggered a study that revealed that there have been at least nine deaths on Lake Powell alone, and a total of over 111 injuries on that lake in my State. Following that, there had been a study by NIOSH which has documented at least an additional 30 deaths and 107 injuries. Mr. Chairman, these deaths are caused by the intake of carbon monoxide, both to people onboard boats and people swimming off the swim platforms of houseboats on various lakes. It was my intention to offer an amendment today to require the Coast Guard to perform a study of these carbon monoxide deaths and to study not only how they could be prevented by adding the correct venting mechanism to the boats but also how the carbon monoxide detecting devices, which are on many of these boats, could be improved so these tragic deaths do not occur.”