The OSH Act clearly states that the Secretary has a duty to ensure the accuracy of workplace injury records and reports.

We should support OSHA in its efforts to promote the better injury and illness recording/reporting that leads to safer workplaces.

I applaud OSHA for finalizing rules to improve worker safety and increase transparency.

Nothing refutes this point more than the work and words of Paul O'Neill, former Secretary of Treasury under George W. Bush and former CEO of Alcoa, a global leader in aluminum manufacturing based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The law is clear: Section 8(c)(2), Section 8(g), and Section 24(a) of the OSH Act expressly tasks the Secretary of Labor with, one, requiring reporting and recordkeeping on serious workplace injuries; two, ensuring this information is…

In its ongoing efforts to improve workplace safety, OSHA has issued two rules to provide transparency about injury and illness rates and to ensure disclosed information is accurate.

Thank you. First of all, let me thank you, Dr. Sokas, for wearing red today. This is our 'Wear Red' Wednesday.

Sadly, every year, tens of thousands of Americans are severely injured on the job, with significant, sometimes permanent impact to self and family.

It appears as if some genocide has taken place.

We are not doing enough.

Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted: On rollcall No. 176, ``nay.'' ____________________