We need to talk more about what real regulations are that we should be focusing on, not the regulations for oversight that we have already determined we are going to handle committee by committee, particularly this committee, and we always have. USA Today had an article about the sugar blast victims in Savannah, Georgia, and one of the victims is quoted in that article, because his brother was killed and he was injured. He says, ``I've been thinking about my brother,'' who was burned over almost half his body, and ``I know it could've been prevented.'' Now, I am going to say, with the right regulations, it could have been prevented. Then the article goes on to say, ``Despite the outcry after the blast,'' the blast that I said had killed 14 people and injured 40 others, ``the United States still lacks Federal regulations requiring industrial plants to prevent the buildup of fine dust particles that can form explosive clouds in confined areas.''
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Woolsey addresses the need for updated federal regulations to prevent industrial accidents.
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