Tom Price: “I once again want to commend the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Norwood) for his wonderful and excellent work in the area…”

“I once again want to commend the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Norwood) for his wonderful and excellent work in the area of worker safety and his real concern for making certain that the rules under which we ask businesses and employees to work are workable. We are all interested in workplace safety. We have got to get that on the table as often as possible. We are all interested in workplace safety. Now, the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller) made some very moving and interesting points. The problem is, they do not have a thing to do with this bill, not a thing to do with this bill. We have just heard that grievances should be heard. That is a concern of somebody opposed to this bill, that grievances should be heard. Well, we agree. The grievances should be heard. But as you heard from the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Norwood), two-thirds of the time the commission has been unable to sit for a variety of reasons, not the least of which they have been unable to seat a quorum. And then the question is raised: If you cannot sit three, how can you sit five? No, the question is, if you cannot sit two, how could you sit three? Well if you add two people to the commission, to the review commission, then it makes all of the sense in the world that you have made it easier to reach a quorum. Mr.…”