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Kline, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Minnesota
ON APRIL 5TH, 2010, THE PEOPLE OF MONT CALL WV SUFFERED A TRAGIC LOSS OF AROUND 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON WORKERS COMPLETING THEIR SHIFT TO THE UPPER BIG...
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| 00:06:45 |
Woolsey, Lynn - U.S. Representative, [D] California
CHILLING TESTIMONY FROM THE FAMILIES AND THE MINERS ABOUT THE UNBELIEVABLE CONDITIONS, MOST OF WHICH YOU LISTED IN YOUR OPENING TESTIMONY, MR. CHAIRMAN,...
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| 00:12:35 |
Kline, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Minnesota
STATEMENTS TAUSCHER TUTHILL INCIPIT PIPE INCLUDED IN THE RECORD AND WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR 14 DAYS TO ALLOW STEEGMANS FOR THE RECORD AND OTHER EXTRANEOUS...
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| 00:14:20 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
YOU, CHAIRMAN AND RANKING MEMBERS. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPORT ON APRIL 5TH, 2000 DISASTER. THE CAUSE LOST 29 MINERS ACTIONS SINCE THEN THE...
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| 00:20:47 |
Kline, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Minnesota
DESERVE. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. SECRETARY. YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR TESTIMONY AND EVERY INVESTIGATION AND EVERY REPORT OF THE UPPER...
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| 00:21:52 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
BRANCH EXPLOSION. DO YOU AGREE WITH SUCH A STATEMENT? >> IF YOU GET THE INVESTIGATIVE FINDINGS THIS ARE COMING AND I BELIEVE THE REPORT POINTED THIS...
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| 00:27:35 |
Miller, George - U.S. Representative, [D] California
MILLER? ISLAMIC MY APOLOGIES FOR COMING LATE TO THE DURING AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPENING STATEMENT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP...
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| 00:29:49 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
ATMOSPHERE. >> IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO ENFORCE THE LAW IN THIS ACTIVITY IN A CERTAIN PLACE. >> DOES YOUR REPORT CARUTHERS LATE WHAT WAS SAID MOST OF THE TIME...
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| 00:33:07 |
Desjarlais, Scott Eugene - U.S. Representative, [R] Tennessee
PETRAEUS BUT ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT LED TO THE CATASTROPHIC EXPLOSION WAS THE ACCUMULATION OF THE COAL DUST AND THE INVESTIGATION REPORT CONTAINS...
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| 00:33:41 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS. >> I'M LOOKING AT TWO PAGES. ONE IS THE CONDITION THAT STARKLY INVOLVED IN THE EXPLOSION OF SELF AND TO START BY THAT WHERE THE...
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| 00:39:57 |
Woolsey, Lynn - U.S. Representative, [D] California
A COURT HEARING DURING THE SENTENCING OF MUR REENGINEERING WHERE THEY CONNECTED TO THE CANNON DISASTER AND THIS IS GOING TO GET ME TO A QUESTION I'M...
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| 00:41:44 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
MISDEMEANOR? >> I BELIEVE THE JUDGE EXPRESSED HIS FRUSTRATION AT HIS INABILITY TO TAKE TOUGHER ACTIONS FROM WHAT I READ TOUGHER ACTION WAS NEEDED BECAUSE...
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| 00:45:36 |
Roby, Martha - U.S. Representative, [R] Alabama
THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MSHA'S WORD ABOUT THE HOURS THAT THE WORK AND ESPECIALLY ON WEEKENDS. UNFORTUNATELY...
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| 00:46:56 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK THAT BUT I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WE HAVE DONE. WE'VE MADE A LOT OF CHANGES SINCE THE TRAGEDY SOME OF THEM STARTED PRETTY QUICK...
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| 00:50:53 |
Andrews, Robert - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey
29 OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS WE HAVE ALL ENGAGED IN AN INEXCUSABLE FAILURE, AND I WOULD START WITH US. I THINK WE FAILED TO GIVE PROSECUTORS THE TOOLS...
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| 00:53:52 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
TIME? >> AND PER GO -- >> THIS WOULD BE FROM 02 TO 06. >> I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE FOLKS WHY THEY LEFT, BUT THERE WAS A LARGE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT WERE...
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| 00:56:09 |
Roe, David "Phil" P. - U.S. Representative, [R] Tennessee
THE FAMILIES OBVIOUSLY THE 29 PLUS TO THE FRIENDS, ACQUAINTANCES AND SO FORTH IN THIS TRAGEDY AND IT SEEMS TO ME IT WAS A PERFECT STORM, IT WAS AN UNSCRUPULOUS...
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| 00:58:14 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
FUNDINGS. THE AGENCY WAS DEPLETED TO ITS LOWEST POINT IN 2006. BY THE TIME IT WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS TO WHERE THE AGENCY COULD START HANGING UP...
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| 01:01:37 |
Fudge, Marcia - U.S. Representative, [D] Ohio
IF YOU LOOK AT MS A CHASE CONGRESSIONAL JUSTIFICATION, IT PROVIDES THAT THEY ARE VIGOROUSLY PURSUING PROCEDURES WITHOUT FEAR OF DISCRIMINATION. CAN...
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| 01:02:08 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
OF DISCRIMINATION. WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THAT REGARD ?-KWAY MAC THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS IN THAT REGARD. >> WE HAVE BEAT UP PROTECTION FOR THOSE...
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| 01:04:53 |
Miller, George - U.S. Representative, [D] California
PROTECTION, SIR, WOULD YOU DESCRIBE -- WHAT YOU HAVE DESCRIBED HERE THIS MORNING IS A CONTINUED CAT AND MOUSE GAME WITH PEOPLE CONTINUING TO WORN MINING...
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| 01:06:24 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
ARE DESCRIBING, SIR. >> I CAN TELL YOU THIS. WITH REGARD TO THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED WITH THE TWO SETS OF BOOKS, WEEKEND ASK THE MINE AUTHORED TO...
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| 01:06:57 |
Kelly, Mike - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
THERE IS ANYONE WHO WOULD QUESTION THE DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE SAFE ALL THE TIME. UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH, CHANGE USUALLY DOESN'T TAKE PLACE...
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| 01:07:23 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
A FAIR NUMBER. HOW WOULD YOU CHANGE WHAT YOU HAVE NOW. LISTEN, I UNDERSTAND ABOUT SPENDING MORE MONEY. BUT SPENDING MORE MONEY IS NOT A FIX. IT IS...
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| 01:12:30 |
Kildee, Dale E. - U.S. Representative, [D] Michigan
YEARS. TRYING TO MAKE SAFETY A MORE IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR OUR MINERS. WHEN I STARTED ON THIS COMMITTEE FIVE YEARS AGO, CARL PERKINS, WHO WE AFFECTIONATELY...
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| 01:15:08 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
WORKERS. >> I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MINE OPERATORS IN THIS COUNTRY WHO DO MANAGE THEIR SYSTEMS AND HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO OPERATE...
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| 01:17:44 |
Walberg, Tim - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan
ME. IN MY GETTING UP TO SPEED OVER THE COURSE OF THIS PAST YEAR, I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW MY OPERATIONS -- MINING OPERATIONS IN NORTH DAKOTA....
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| 01:19:26 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
YOU LOOK AT -- ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL FIND IN THIS INTERNAL REVIEW THAT YOU WILL NOT FIND IN OTHERS IS LOOKING BACK TO FIND EVERYTHING THAT WENT WRONG...
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| 01:23:47 |
Miller, George - U.S. Representative, [D] California
DISCUSSING WITH YOU THE FACT THAT THERE WERE 48 D. TWO INSPECTIONS OF UPPER BIG BRANCH MINE. FOR 62 WEEKS IN THE YEAR, 48 OF THOSE ENDED UP SHUTTING...
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| 01:25:00 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
WORKING IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION. >> I AM HERE TO TELL EVERYONE THAT WE ARE USING ALL THE TOOLS WE CAN. >> YOU STILL DON'T GET TO THE STORY WHEN AN UNSAFE...
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| 01:27:39 |
Rahall, Nick Joe - U.S. Representative, [D] West Virginia
TO FOLLOW-UP OF THE GENTLEMAN'S QUESTION, CAN IT BE SHUT DOWN? >> THEY CAN SHUT THIS MINE DOWN ANY MOMENT THEY DECIDED TO DO IT.
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| 01:27:50 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
IF THEY DECIDED NOT TO HAVE PROVIDED ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE INSPECTIONS ON THE GROUND TO THE MINING OPERATOR OR THE MINING PERSONNEL. THEY NEED A FAIR...
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| 01:28:26 |
Miller, George - U.S. Representative, [D] California
OF SHIPS THAT MINE OPERATOR CAN GET AN WITHIN THE NEXT SHUT DOWN, SAID THAT WAS A WORTH ABOUT $700,000 A SHIFT TO RUN THE LONG LAW. >> LET ME JUST SAY...
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| 01:28:50 |
Rokita, Theodore "Todd" - U.S. Representative, [R] Indiana
THAT DOCUMENT ALMOST INTENTIONALLY FOCUSED ON DISTRICT FOUR. IT WAS ON PAGE 193 THAT THE PAGE SPEAKS TO HEADQUARTERED EFFICIENCIES. DO HAVE A COMMENT...
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| 01:29:13 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
IT HAS THE FOCUS OF THE INVESTIGATION BASICALLY STARTING WITH THE MINE AND WORKING HIMSELF BACK. THIS IS A PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE ABOUT...
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| 01:32:37 |
Walberg, Tim - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan
GOING ALONG THAT TRAIN HERE, KNOWING THE FACT THAT WE HAD A BAD ACT OPERATING THAT MINE THAT COVERED CERTAIN THINGS SO THAT THEY COULDN'T SEE IT, THE...
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| 01:33:55 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
ORDER OVER THE VENTILATION SYSTEM. THAT WAS WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT. THEY HAD THE MINE FOR THREE DAYS OVER A VENTILATION ISSUE. THOSE WERE NOT ALL...
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| 01:34:25 |
Rahall, Nick Joe - U.S. Representative, [D] West Virginia
MEMBER AND ALLOWING ME TO BE PART OF THIS TODAY. IN MY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND HOME COUNTY, IT DOES AFTER THAT OCCURRED ON APRIL BUT, 2010, IT IS...
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| 01:37:34 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
EXPERIENCE. >> THANK YOU, CONGRESSMAN. I THINK WE SPLIT THE DISTRICT IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR. WE ARE LOOKING FOR OFFICE SPACE TO MOVE INTO SO WE CAN EXPAND....
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| 01:40:31 |
Bucshon, Larry D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Indiana
YEARS. ANY TIME A DISASTER LIKE THIS HAPPENS, IT HITS CLOSE TO HOME. BASICALLY EVERYONE I GREW UP WITH AND KNEW WERE COAL MINERS. WITH THAT, I AM INTERESTED...
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| 01:41:05 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
INTRO REVIEW WAS ONE OF TWO THINGS. THE MINING COMPANY WAS ABUSING THE SYSTEM AND WE WERE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH THE SYSTEM. SOME OF THOSE...
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| 01:45:43 |
Capito, Shelley Moore - U.S. Representative, [R] West Virginia
FOR LETTING ME PARTICIPATE TODAY. GOOD AFTERNOON -- GOOD MORNING STILL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AND OUR STATE AND THE 11 MINERS THAT...
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| 01:47:31 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
THINK THERE ARE THINGS WE ARE WORKING ON THAT WE WERE DOING AT THE TIME TO GET ON TRACK. I AM A FIRM BELIEVER THAT WE REALLY NEED TO STAY FOCUSED ON...
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| 01:51:08 |
Holt, Rush - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey
RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SECRETARY. IT SEEMS TO ME A KEY QUESTION THAT WE COME BACK TO. WHETHER THE SANCTIONS ARE SO MINOR THAT THE POOR PERFORMERS...
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| 01:51:56 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS TODAY. I THINK THERE WAS ALREADY GOOD LEGISLATION THAT WAS BEFORE THIS BODY. IT DEALS WITH THINGS THAT ARE VERY FUNDAMENTAL....
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| 01:53:25 |
Woolsey, Lynn - U.S. Representative, [D] California
LEGISLATION WE HAVE TO PASS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THE MINERS, BECAUSE WE CANNOT JUST CLEAR UP BUREAUCRACY BECAUSE WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED....
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| 01:53:44 |
Main, Joseph - Assistant Secretary
I WANT TO START WITH -- ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAID IF THERE R. A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN DO BETTER. WE NEED TO. >> I'M WORKING UP A LETTER TO THE POINT...
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| 01:55:40 |
Kline, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Minnesota
US TODAY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. I WILL ASK THE SECOND PANEL TO COME FORWARD NOW. >> THINK YOU, MR.
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| 01:56:48 |
Kline, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Minnesota
CHAIRMAN EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY AND I WILL REMIND YOU I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE. WE HAVE A GREEN LIGHT, YELLOW LIGHT AND RED LIGHT, THE...
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| 01:57:42 |
Shapiro, Howard - Counsel
AND INTIMIDATION RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION. IN MARCH OF 2011, WE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM THE UNITED MINEWORKERS OF AMERICA ALLEGING THAT...
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| 02:03:46 |
Roberts, Cecil E. Jr. - President
OF THESE PEOPLE WERE MY FRIENDS. I GREW UP WITH SOME OF THESE PEOPLE BUT LOST THEIR LIVES BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THE MINERS THEMSELVES I KNEW SOMEONE IN...
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| 02:10:15 |
Kohler, Jeffery - Director
OUTCOMES OF THE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION INTERNAL REVIEW OF THE UBB MINING DISASTER. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AND LABOR INDUSTRY...
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| 02:15:38 |
Kline, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Minnesota
TOOLE RIGHT NOW? >> THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AGAIN, DR. KOHLER, WEST VIRGINIA, AS SO MANY INVESTIGATIONS, WEST VIRGINIA UBB REPORT MADE...
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| 02:16:04 |
Kohler, Jeffery - Director
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE PREVIOUS WORK AMIRIYAH AND WHEN YOU NEED TO COMPLETE THE STUDY? >> ACTIVE AND PASSIVE BARRIERS' SERVE AS A SECONDARY MEANS OF CLENCHING...
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| 02:20:18 |
Miller, George - U.S. Representative, [D] California
THAT DISCUSSION WE SUGGESTED SEVEN OR EIGHT TOPICS, ONE OF WHICH IS THE NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS.
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| 02:20:27 |
Kohler, Jeffery - Director
THE TRANSCRIPT AND THE INTERNAL REVIEW THE DETAIL WORK FORCE STRETCHED SO THIN THAT IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR WORK. AND SO, IF...
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| 02:21:27 |
Roberts, Cecil E. Jr. - President
THAT EXISTED, AND I WOULD REMIND THE PANEL IF YOU GO BACK TO 40 YEARS PRECEDING THE 69 ACT AND DEUTSCH TO THE ANALYSIS OF WHAT HAPPENED 40 YEARS AFTER...
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| 02:25:25 |
Walberg, Tim - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan
INTIMIDATING SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT THERE. FIRST, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT MR. PAGE SAID COULD HAVE BEEN PERCEIVED AS INTIMIDATING? >> MR. PAGE WHEN...
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| 02:25:55 |
Shapiro, Howard - Counsel
COMPLAINTS WOULD BE FILED AGAINST HIS COMPANY THAT THESE COMPLAINTS WOULD HAVE TO BE INVESTIGATED BY MSHA AND COULD END UP LEAVING A BLACK MARK UPON...
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| 02:30:51 |
Woolsey, Lynn - U.S. Representative, [D] California
UNABLE TO WORK WITHIN THEIR COMPANY AT THE JOB SITE WHEN THEY ARE THE ONES THAT KNOW IF THERE IS A DANGER THEY CAN'T IDENTIFY THE HAZARDS OR DO ANYTHING...
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| 02:31:47 |
Roberts, Cecil E. Jr. - President
A MATTER IF YOU ARE TERMINATED YOU WENT DOWN TO MY INDY 500 AND GOT A JOB. YOU RAN INTO THE SAME EMPLOYER AT MINE D AND E WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE THE...
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| 02:36:10 |
Bucshon, Larry D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Indiana
EACH ONE OF THOSE AND GIVE ME A KIND OF A SYNOPSIS OF WHERE THE INVOLVEMENT IN THE ACTIONS AND RESPECT OF THESE HAD THEY BEEN DONE PROPERLY COULD HAVE...
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| 02:36:40 |
Kohler, Jeffery - Director
THE ST. HARD ROCK YOU CREATE SOME HEAT AND IF THEY ARE BROKEN, YOU CAN CREATE QUITE A BIT OF HEAT AND YOU CAN LEAVE A FIRM WILL SNEER WHICH INDEED...
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| 02:41:25 |
Rahall, Nick Joe - U.S. Representative, [D] West Virginia
THE FAMILIES. FOR THAT REASON I WOULD LIKE TO READ A PART OF THE STATEMENT THAT WAS SENT TO THE COMMITTEE WHO PARISH AND THEN PERHAPS GET YOUR THOUGHTS...
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| 02:43:47 |
Roberts, Cecil E. Jr. - President
AND MR. JONES DID KEEP HIS MEN OFF THE SECTION BECAUSE HE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS SAFE AND FOR THAT HE WAS TOLD HE WOULD DISCHARGE IF HE DIDN'T GO UP ON...
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| 02:45:35 |
Kohler, Jeffery - Director
FOR ENTRY-LEVEL MINING ENGINEERS. MENGIN AND ENGINEER STUDENT COMING OUT OF KENTUCKY FOR EXAMPLE STARTS IN 65 TO $70,000 A YEAR. WE CAN OFFER THAT...
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| 02:47:07 |
Woolsey, Lynn - U.S. Representative, [D] California
INSPECTORS. MSHA NEEDED TO DO A BETTER JOB. THE BUREAUCRACY OBVIOUSLY NEEDS TO BE SHRUGGED TO BRING IT INTO THE 21ST CENTURY, BUT THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING...
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| 02:48:54 |
Walberg, Tim - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan
MUST BE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ITS MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE, THE MINER. AND I THINK IN THIS ROOM WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION...
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