02/24/2009
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"The simple fact is that it's out of date, and it is too weak to provide for incentives for compliance, to deter violations, and to protect workers from unnecessary injury and death."
"While I understand OSHA's priority of increasing enforcement, I do not support moving the $3M of funding of a program that is designed to create a positive safety culture in which labor and management..."
"It is clear--40 years after the enactment of the Occupational Safety and Health law--that it is time to move forward and to strengthen the protections that we provide workers in this country."
"The best way we can honor their memory is to renew our efforts to protect workers' lives and improve safety and health in our country's coal mines and other dangerous workplaces."