Political Quotes

“While I can certainly, certainly empathize and have tremendous compassion for the families involved and for the individuals involved in this, OSHA has been working through this rule since 2009. It has been in the advanced rulemaking phase for a very long time. The struggle they have is this large one-size-fits-all approach. Even under the passage of this particular bill, OSHA has some great options. Option No. 1 for them: to narrow their rulemaking. They're doing a large one-size-fits-all to try to cover all types of dust, all types of factories, all types of places. If they were to narrow their rule to specific types of places, they would be well under the $100 million limit. The second rule they have is very clear: that this bill, itself, already sets in an exemption for health and safety. Clearly, this would be within those guidelines of health and safety. The President could do an executive order and pass that and then allow them to move forward, or he could come back to Congress. The thought that only the folks at OSHA are compassionate about issues like this fails even the most modest of tests. Obviously, people who are within Congress are also compassionate to the needs here.…”