[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6213]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      OSHA RESPONSIVENESS HEARING

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I also will take just a moment to 
express my personal appreciation to the Chair for chairing a very 
important subcommittee hearing this morning on OSHA, hearing at that 
meeting from an individual from Alabama, Mr. Ron Hayes, whose son 
tragically was killed in a workplace accident and who has made it his 
personal cause to confront the problems in OSHA, to make sure that 
agency is responsive to real needs and is really working to improve the 
workplace and make it safer and not just be involved in bureaucratic 
paperwork. It was an extraordinary hearing into a very important matter 
that can protect the lives and health of many people in the workplace 
and at the same time reduce bureaucracy and paperwork.
  I Thank the Senator for his efforts.
  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to proceed for 10 
minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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