[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6884]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY

  (Mr. HARE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HARE. Mr. Speaker, April 28 marks the 20th annual Workers 
Memorial Day. I rise with other members of the Labor and Working Family 
Caucus to acknowledge the millions of workers who have been killed or 
injured on the job.
  Since 1970, OSHA has been a driving force in improving workplace 
safety across the country. However, the Bush administration has sought 
to downsize the agency. A weakened OSHA has real life-or-death 
consequences for workers, such as Cintas employee Eleazar Torres-Gomez 
who died last year when he was dragged into an industrial dryer.
  Mr. Torres-Gomez's fate is, unfortunately, too common. Sixteen 
workers die every day in our country from work-related injuries.
  Last year, along with Representative Lynn Woolsey, I introduced the 
Protecting America's Workers Act, which amends OSHA to cover more 
workers, and strengthens protections and accountability. During Workers 
Memorial Week, the best way to honor our workers is to quickly send 
this bill to the President's desk.

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