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Take care, and remember to be in contact with your state officials to voice your concerns about MSHA. Our tax dollars pay for MSHA, which is under the Department of Labor. Our fine money goes into the general fund, and we cannot afford to keep paying out costly fines on the more and more frequent trivial citations to essentially support government spending. At least that is how I feel about it.

~ Kathy
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Monday, April 26, 2010

See the video of this hearing tomorrow at 2:00 ET:

Full Committee Hearing - Putting Safety First: Strengthening Enforcement and Creating a Culture of Compliance at Mines and Other Dangerous Workplaces

Date:

Tuesday, April 27 2010, 2:00 PM

Place:

430 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Witnesses

Panel I

  • Joe Main , Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, Washington, DC

Panel II

  • Cecil Roberts , President, United Mine Workers, Triangle, VA
  • Jeff Harris , Mine Worker, Farley, WV
  • Wes Addington , Deputy Director, Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center, Whitesburg, KY
  • Bruce Watzman , Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, National Mining Association, Washington, DC

Panel III

  • David Michaels , Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC

Panel IV

  • Peg Seminario , Director of Safety and Health, AFL-CIO, Bethesda, MD
  • Holly Shaw , Philadelphia, PA
  • Dr. Michael Brandt , Board President (2010-2011), American Industrial Hygiene Association, Los Alamos, NM
  • Kelli Heflin , Coordinator of Regulatory Compliance and Safety Manager, Scott’s Liquid Gold, Denver, CO
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