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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
2003, provide lawmakers with a report on the steps taken to follow-up on the National Academy recommendations. To contact staff writer KenWard Jr., use e-mail or call 348-1702.... Published: Sunday, August 04, 2002 Words: 1472
deliberately stopped doing complete inspections of all underground mines because of budget and staffing shortfalls created by Bush administration funding cuts. Later, a labor department Inspector General's report confirmed the problem,... Published: Thursday, December 11, 2008 Words: 485
on coal, it would be shortsighted not to strengthen measures that protect the miners who bring this coal to market." To contact staff writer KenWard Jr., use e-mail or call 348-1702.... Published: Friday, March 22, 2002 Words: 289
get us down," he said. "We have to pick ourselves up and identify the things that will prevent recurrences." To contact staff writer KenWard Jr., use e-mail or call 348-1702.... Published: Sunday, December 10, 2006 Words: 1488
