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 collaborate to identify and eliminate health and safety hazards.
Tom Harkin expresses concern over funding cuts affecting safety programs.
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