Reply #23: There is no greater advocate for labor than Sec. Hilda Solis. I'm sure she will "do it right". [View All]

[ClarkUSA]

Solis Spreads Blame for Mine Blast, Vows Reg Reforms

By MIKE LILLIS 4/26/10 7:35 PM

Speaking at a labor conference in Washington today, Hilda Solis went after Massey Energy for the company’s role in the explosion that killed 29 miners in Montcoal, W.Va., earlier this month. But the Labor secretary also laid some of the blame for that tragedy on federal regulators and policymakers for failing to enforce the safety measures that Massey has such a long history of violating.

“The science is there, the technology is there. But it’s about the employer,” Solis said at the Fairfax hotel near D.C.’s Dupont Circle. “And yes, it’s also about the regulations and the enforcement.”

Here we are in the 21st Century, and these things are still going on. … We have to have teeth that will encourage people to take care of employees in the work place.

http://washingtonindependent.com/83222/solis-spreads-blame-for-mine-blast-vows-reg-reforms

Now whether Congress will be able to pass legislation in the face of GOP obstructionism is debatable given Blankenship is a huge RNC contributor but that will not be due to lack of effort by this administration.