rssWest Virginia Congressman: ‘There Will Be Accountability’
Tuesday, April 06, 2010 at 10:06 am
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Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.), a steadfast supporter of the coal industry, responds to the tragic mine explosion yesterday that killed at least 25 people:
West Virginia is in mourning today. Twenty-five of its hard-working, courageous miners have been lost and we are bound together with their families, friends, neighbors, and coworkers in grief, while we continue to hope and pray for survivors. I want to know why this tragedy happened; there will be a thorough investigation. We will seek answers about the cause of this disaster. We will look for inadequacies in the law and enforcement practices, and I will work to fix any we find. We will scrutinize the health and safety violations at this mine to see whether the law was circumvented and miners precious lives were willfully put at risk, and there will be accountability.
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) also issued a statement of support for the victims and their families, and for the rescue workers.
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Comment posted April 6, 2010 @ 4:31 pm
Is it clear who's going to conduct the investigation? Is he going to do it from the committee where he's a chair (House Natural Resources) or as an Inspector General, or…?
Comment posted April 6, 2010 @ 6:53 pm
I hope the investigation will be thorough. These families deserve the truth, and if the company who is responsible cut corners they should pay the families who lost their love ones, and the ones responsible for the allege cutting corners deserve prison time.
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