[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 12 (Friday, January 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H414]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     THE WORKPLACE SAFETY AMENDMENT

  (Mrs. CLAYTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CLAYTON. Mr. Speaker, throughout yesterday's debate, the 
sponsors of the unfunded mandates legislation told us one thing but in 
the bill they said something different. They told us that the bill 
continues to protect workplace safety, yet they do not say that in the 
bill. They told us in the bill it continues to protect the environment, 
the air we breathe and the water we drink. Yet they do not say that in 
the bill. Protection against child labor, insurance against workplace 
firetraps, and security from hazardous equipment on the job are very 
serious matters. Yet does it mean what it says? Why do they not say it.
  We need to say that in the bill. Clean air and safe drinking water 
are precious to the lives of American citizens. The sponsors of the 
bill have a duty to explain in clear, unambiguous, and concise language 
where in the bill do they provide for the vital protection of the 
health and welfare of American workers.
  I intend to sponsor an amendment which in express language will 
ensure minimum Federal workplace safety standards, will not be 
abandoned and will be precise.
  I urge my colleagues to support my amendment. If they mean what they 
say, say it in the bill and support the amendment.

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