George Miller: “Mr. Chairman, in January of this year a hydrocracker reactor exploded at an oil refinery in my district and killed a…”

“Mr. Chairman, in January of this year a hydrocracker reactor exploded at an oil refinery in my district and killed a worker, Michael Glanzman, and injured 44 others in a blast that could be felt 20 miles away. The year before that, again in my district, two workers were injured when a hydrogen unit blew up. The explosion sent a 24-inch elbow pipe which crashed into a trailer normally filled with workers but, thankfully, was empty during the accident. In 1993 a toxic cloud of sulfuric acid spread throughout one area of my district, sending thousands of residents to the hospital and spurring a widespread effort to provide a better warning system to the local community in the event of future industrial accidents. These accidents have cost these industries tens of millions of dollars. The amendment offered by my colleague from West Virginia... seeks to devote adequate resources to prevent the kinds of horrific industrial chemical accidents that have killed and injured workers by the score over the years, terrifying and polluting our communities across this Nation.”