Rosa DeLauro actually said...

"to empower employees to represent themselves in the workplace. This, of course, is one of the fundamental democratic principles at work."

"Should miners die while waiting for litigation to be concluded at mines which are chronic violators?"

"Black lung is preventable, but you also talked about the increasing incidences, the new cases of black lung in young miners."

"H.R. 1, the 2011 appropriations bill passed by the House in February would have cut OSHA's budget almost $100 million."