Political Quotes

“I want to comment on that because I am the subcommittee chairman for employment, safety, and training. I have held some of the hearings and have said repeatedly--particularly this morning--that something needs to be done on ergonomics. I am willing to work on it. I mentioned that one of the highlights of mine last week was an award I received from the Service Employees International Union. I think that is the largest division of the AFL-CIO. The reason I got that award is that I worked with Senator Kennedy on a needle-stick bill. Employees of this country were injured by accidentally being stabbed by needles, and janitors when emptying trash were stabbed. The worst part isn't the fact that they got stabbed but all of the time it takes before they understand whether they are really infected or not. We got together and did a reasonable bill that provided some incentives for people to do that--a different way of doing recordkeeping and it passed by unanimous consent through both bodies.”