Political Quotes

“Reserving the right to object, I come from the business world and know firsthand that employers care about their employees. If you don't keep your workplace safe--we just discussed it today in the Budget hearing--they are not going to stick with you. I think the question is about how you address those issues. I am married to a lifelong business owner in our hometown downtown that would say the same thing. None of us who own businesses think--unless you get very, maybe large, where you think you don't need to pay attention to basic common sense and the rules--you need something, I think, that addresses the issue from here. You know, I think that so often when there is an issue, there is just a tendency to reflex to the Federal Government. What is not considered are the costs and how it might actually play out. In this case, I do acknowledge the issue, but I think the bill is in search of maybe a problem in the sense that we have got a mechanism that already works. I will talk about that here in a moment. OSHA is there to find these issues and adjudicate them accordingly, and I think what this would do is not lend the marginal benefit and would end up, like many bills, adding redtape and costs. It has two budget points of order as well. Those are complicated. I just believe there are better options. Let me talk about this: I introduced the Voluntary Protection Program Act that has the same approach in mind, aiming at the same problem.…”