[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 28, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E693]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY

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                          HON. DARLENE HOOLEY

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 28, 2004

  Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon. Mr. Speaker, on April 28, 1989, the world 
observed the first Workers Memorial Day in honor of the 2 million 
people who die each year as a result of workplace injury or illness. 
Fifteen years later, we remember the almost 6,000 Americans who died on 
the job this past year and recall the hard work that still needs to be 
done in the United States to keep our working men and women safe.
  The date of April 28th was chosen in recognition of the anniversary 
of The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1971. Since its creation, 
OSHA has helped reduce the rate of workplace death and injury through 
the work of The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 
and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration. But over 6 
million workers in the United States still become sick or injured each 
year as a result of their work. This is not the time to roll back new 
safety and health standards, to cut OSHA's budget or to gut funding for 
job safety research. To have a strong and healthy economy, America 
needs a safe and healthy workforce.
  Last year, 70 Oregonians gave the ultimate sacrifice to their 
professions: their lives. I would like to honor their memory now by 
recognizing them by name:

       Larry H. Zygar, Jacquelyn S. Wyatt, Azucena Terrazas, 
     Michael W. Norris, Donald M. Lea II, Randall Harmon, Dan O. 
     Taylor, Robert G. Cramer, Nicholas Voris, Timothy M. Smith, 
     Mark A. Hauser, Ronald S. Weekly, Steven J. Maine, Nathan D. 
     Sigfrid, Janet P. Knoke, Russell H. Simpson, Russell L. 
     Barker, James G. Clements, Leland S. Halsell, Luther H. 
     Stinson Jr., Daniel R. Becker, Richard W. Black, David C. 
     Mackey, Jessie D. Rucker, Kenneth F. Tison, Bobby D. Adams, 
     Henry C. Gauthier, Camilo U. Becerra-Corona, Daniel A. 
     Knigge, Robert L. Chasteen.
       Juan Rivas, David A. Burgess Jr., Elizabeth Roxanne Smith-
     McLeod, Harold E. Hanscom, Jerome P. Sedlak, Michael S. Lowe, 
     David L. Martinson, Milan Smith Jr., Daryl R. 
     Steenhard, Charles A. Shull, David K. Hammer, Mark R. 
     Ransdell, Ricardo B. Moore, Jesse D. James, Leland D. 
     Price Jr., Ricardo M. Ruiz, Paul E. Gibson, Jeffrey D. 
     Hengel, Christopher R. Kroker, Sarah G. Huang, Timothy A. 
     Bowers, Timothy P. Smith, Adam H. Cox, Jeremy C. Gage, 
     Matthew S. Fitsgerald, Douglas R. Davis, John M. Allison, 
     Noe Lira-Sanchez, Wiley D. Rasmussen, Matthew L. Barrows 
     Sr.
       Alfredo Zamarano-Sierra, Gregory V. Rogozhnikov, Samuel L. 
     Lazott, Thomas H. Kistler, Timothy J. Lannon, Gregory A. 
     Hoffert, Luis J. Gonzales, Griffin E. Fisk, Joseph A. Davis, 
     and Daniel L. Coulter.

  We remember them and their parents, spouses, children and friends who 
are grieving. But grief cannot overshadow hope. Mourn for the dead but 
fight for the living--this is the message of Workers Memorial Day. But 
it must be in our thoughts every day of the year, as workers and their 
advocates strive to make workplaces safer for those whose lives depend 
on it.

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