05/24/2016
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"Thank you, Mr. Chair. Dr. Melius, your testimony says that the permissible exposure limit for construction that has been in place since 1971 was based on a recommendation from the Public Health Servic..."
"Let me repeat, preventable. These diseases are preventable."
"As Representative Wilson has already introduced, the three bricklayers and family members of bricklayers are behind me, who experienced in their family or themselves silicosis."
"We know that this rule will protect worker health."