Mark Souder: “to reiterate this point, because we heard this last night, this is what Mr. Dear wants to have OSHA go to. We are not…”

“to reiterate this point, because we heard this last night, this is what Mr. Dear wants to have OSHA go to. We are not trying to wipe out the agency. He wants to move to working more toward businesses. We started that process and we are merely accelerating a process that the committee acknowledges that they want to do. Nobody accuses them of slashing and gutting. Mr. Chairman, we have to make some adjustments in the rhetoric here on the floor. In consultation visits with the State money for grants, we have made 26,000 visits, which is $1,200 a visit. When they do the inspection, they made 35,000 for $125 million, which is $3,000 per inspection. Mr. Chairman, we can reach more of these businesses. It will not take 277 years to get to every business in America. Furthermore, not every business in America is a violator. If we fund more for conferences, more for consultations, more for working with businesses, then we can have a declining amount in enforcement focused on those who are not following through. So when we have the follow-up to see whether the people have worked with it, and the checking, we can have more targeted enforcement because we will have more people understand. Mr. Chairman, that is what we are doing. We need an adjustment in the rhetoric on the floor in this debate.”