Tom Cole: “I appreciate the gentleman's amendment, and I agree that worker safety is one of the Department of Labor's most…”

“I appreciate the gentleman's amendment, and I agree that worker safety is one of the Department of Labor's most important functions. I think, however, we just disagree on the most effective ways the Federal Government can help with that effort. This bill actually increases compliance assistance programs at the OSHA to do just that, so I will oppose the gentleman's amendment which would offset the increases to OSHA enforcement by reducing critical compliance assistance efforts that many of our Members strongly support. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.”