John Kline

GOPers Now Slam Mine Safety Agency -- But Skipped Recent Mine Safety Hearing

Zachary Roth | April 20, 2010, 2:13PM

Rep. John Kline (R-MN)

In case you needed a reminder of just how shameless congressional Republicans can be...

The GOP members of the House Education and Labor committee, led by Rep. John Kline, last week put out a press release that slammed the "enforcement failures" of the Mine Safety and Health Administration, suggesting that the agency's failure to increase oversight of the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia had helped lead to the deadly explosion that killed 29 miners earlier this month. The release, which did not mention the mine's owner, Massey Energy, asked: "Why didn't federal officials enforce the law to the fullest extent?"

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