[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6516]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         WORKERS' MEMORIAL DAY

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TITUS. Today I join with people across the country to commemorate 
Workers' Memorial Day, honoring workers killed, injured, or harmed at 
work.
  Unfortunately, workers in Nevada are all too aware of the dangers 
they face in the workplace. A number of deaths on the job in recent 
years led to Nevada's being the first State in the country to undergo 
an in-depth review that highlighted the problems facing the State's 
OSHA program. This review made it clear to me that Federal OSHA needs 
an additional option to work with States that are not meeting Federal 
standards. Currently, OSHA can only suggest improvements or completely 
take over the State's program.
  That's why I introduced the Ensuring Worker Safety Act. This 
legislation aims to protect both workers and States' rights by giving 
Federal OSHA additional tools to make sure that State OSHA plans like 
Nevada's are at least as effective as Federal standards and 
enforcement.
  The slogan of Workers' Memorial Day is ``Remember the Dead and Fight 
for the Living.'' That's what I intend to do in Congress.

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