If we drop that, how much of the extra resources are we going to need just to take care of the ones that we're going to be neglecting, who does do a good job.
Yes, I have been down in an underground mine, but I know that most people have not.
Doesn't it seem like we really ought to extend that program and get more of the people that are good participants into that program?
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate you holding this hearing, which was called 'Creating a Culture of Compliance.' That's what we're tryin...
As a Senator from a State whose primary industry is energy production, my heart goes out to the families and communities that lost those har...
I thank Senator Rockefeller for all of the action that he helped us to take 4 years ago with the Miner Act.
What kind of message does it send to penalize members?
I have to agree with what I've heard here. I would mention that, in the Budget Committee last week, the Administration plan to defund the VP...
Perhaps out of the tragic accidents that have taken the lives of 29 men in West Virginia, 7 in Senator Murray's home State of Washington and...
The Upper Big Branch Mine is the worst accident in 40 years, and 29 people lost their lives.
There is a program that's working very well, and that's the VPP program, the Voluntary Participation Program.