Remarks on Lighting the National Christmas Tree
12/02/2009
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Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
I refuse to accept any number of miner deaths as simply the cost of mining.
Let us remember in our thoughts and prayers those suffering from natural disasters in Haiti, Chile, and elsewhere.
It is the responsibility of all of us, from mine operators to the Federal Government, to prevent such tragedies from happening again.