I have noted on a number of occasions that the cause of worker safety is best advanced when we work together.

Are there some who cut corners and place workers in harm's way? Absolutely, but most employers want to do the right thing.

We must not ignore the employers who are sitting on the sidelines, questioning the future cost of doing business, reluctant to hire new workers.

The fact that people are so committed to saying that anything that government does and anything that is a regulation is a job killer.

We must maintain the commitment and promise in the OSH Act that every worker in this country has a right to a safe job, and the right to return home from work safe and sound each day.

Is it an environment that is concerned primarily, solely about the costs and impacts on business?

We want responsible regulations that foster jobs and safety on the jobs, as I have said numerous times.

Because we have to carry out OSHA's statutory mission, and that is to assure, as far as possible, every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources.

We will never have a total safe society. We want a safe society, but we also want a productive society.

We all share the same goal; however, as with any difficult issue of great importance, there is often a difference of opinion in how we meet that goal.

We need to be figuring out ways to reform Medicare and Medicaid, not to expand it.