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House Republicans say ‘nay’ to new mine safety reforms, no questions left about which side they’re on
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services on June 28, 2012
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Not a single Republican member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee voted in support of a resolution calling for the Committee to “consider and report legislation to improve safety and whistleblower protections for miners, and increase accountability for dangerous mine operators.” The 29 families of the Upper Big Branch miners now know who is standing with them and who is against them.