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dropped from 1,233 to 1,043, the documents show. In his budget proposal for the 2007 financial year, which starts Oct. 1, Bush asked Congress to provide MSHA with an additional $1 million for mine rescue activities. MSHA's budget document... Published: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 Words: 698
and those with genuine concern for the safety of America’s coal miners and their families,” Byrd said Monday. To contact staff writer KenWard Jr., use e-mail or call 348-1702.... Published: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 Words: 538
mines nationwide. But Mine No. 23 is among dozens of mines across the coalfields where MSHA - hindered by Bush administration budget and staffing cuts - is behind schedule on completing required safety checks. The lack of inspections... Published: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 Words: 794
chairman of the Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee, refused to schedule a vote on the renomination. To contact staff writer KenWard Jr., use e-mail or call 348-1702.... Published: Friday, January 04, 2008 Words: 515
merely a Band-Aid." In his budget request, Bush asked Congress to give MSHA about $288 million in the 2007 financial year, an increase of 3.6 percent. "It is time for the federal government to get serious about coal mine safety," Byrd... Published: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 Words: 559
policy without properly funding basic research and development in the areas of coal, natural gas and oil." To contact staff writer KenWard Jr., use e-mail or call 348-1702.... Published: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 Words: 638
in conducting required quarterly inspections. A Labor Department inspector general's report blamed the problem on Bush administration budgetcuts that slashed MSHA's budget at a time when mining was increasing. Richard Stickler, assistant... Published: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 Words: 1007
between 2002 and 2006, twice the level of the agency-wide staffing reduction, MSHA data show. From the early days of the Bush administration, Chao strongly supported the MSHA staffing cuts. In a March 2001 Senate hearing, Chao testified... Published: Sunday, September 23, 2007 Words: 1404
D-W.Va. Byrd said last week, "The IG report confirmed what many of us had suspected after Sago and Alma, that years of budgetcuts and neglect by the Bush administration's Department of Labor have needlessly endangered the lives of... Published: Sunday, December 02, 2007 Words: 565
advocates have expressed high hopes for his management of MSHA, an agency that is still rebuilding after years of budget and staffing cuts during the Bush administration. Also Friday, Main issued a newspaper commentary that marked the... Published: Saturday, November 21, 2009 Words: 761