Tom Harkin actually said...

"The fact is that, for too many employers, the safety of workers is secondary, taking a backseat to production."

"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."

"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..."

"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."