Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise with my colleagues to support H.J. Res. 83 and companion S.J. Res. 27, a resolution I introduced with 25 of my colleagues, under the Congressional Review Act, or CRA, to stop the Obama administration Department of Labor's regulation, known as the Volks rule, from expanding the statute of limitations for record- keeping violations. This regulatory scheme represents a backwards approach to workplace safety, and it is a blatant overreach by the Federal Government. Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, employers are required to record injuries and illnesses that occur in the work place and maintain those records for 5 years. The law provides for a 6-month period for which OSHA can issue citations to employers who fail to maintain the records properly. However, it was the practice of OSHA, based on their interpretation of the law, that they were able to issue citations regarding keeping those records properly for the entire 5- year period employers must keep those records. Under this practice, OSHA took action against Volks Constructors, a firm in Prairieville, LA, in 2006 for recordkeeping violations that occurred nearly 5 years earlier--again, recordkeeping violations. This was well beyond the 6-month statute of limitations. Volks Constructors, located in Prairieville, is a heavy industrial contractor that provides manufacturing services and industrial specialties to the petrochemical and related industries.…”