Tom Harkin actually said...

That is the bill that I introduced, the Healthy Families Act. It is geared toward that.

The premise underlying this criticism is that this inability to issue more standards has somehow meant employees are less safe.

Instead, we should be talking about expanding VPP to smaller employers and making it even more effective.

I thank Senators Hagan, Isakson, Murkowski, and Burr for their support.