Tim Walberg

I certainly would appreciate hearing subsequent information that Department of Defense and others are interviewing more of the alleged victims, that we are seeing some aggressive action taken there, because it seems like the evidence is…

The private sector is the engine that drives this country, that makes this country great, not government.

they lacked the dedicated staff, the policies and procedures and the active referral process.

In your opinion, is HHS failing in regard to suspension and debarment?

The only way our government can create jobs is to take taxpayers' money.

We need to get government out of the way so the private sector can flourish and create jobs.

Government will cause the free enterprise system to collapse.

We have the potential of finding a lot of bad contractors that we can protect the rest of the Federal Government from through suspension and debarment.

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.

It is a bipartisan issue, with contractors all across the Nation expressing some concerns and reservations.

I thank the gentleman.

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

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

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.

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

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

So, in closing, I believe we need to work together, absolutely, anarchists or not, to cut the red tape that keeps OSHA from issuing its standards in a timely manner.

Dear Chairman Walberg and Ranking Member Woolsey: Recently, on October 5, 2011, the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections conducted a hearing entitled Ensuring a Responsible Regulatory Environment in which a member of the subcommittee…

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

So, in other words, it discourages efforts to promote safety?

My Republican colleagues and I are eager to find common ground with you on policies that will protect workers and foster economic growth and opportunity.

Hearing held on October 5, 2011

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

This proposal has generated a great deal of uncertainty among employers, something our economy cannot afford.