Reply #5: This is what I heard and found [View All]

I consider you an important DUer on matters related to coal miners
http://wvgazette.com/News/201004150370
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President Obama said the safety record at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine was "troubling," and called for a broad review of government enforcement programs to address an industry where he said "far too many mines aren't doing enough to protect their workers' safety."

"I think we all understand that underground mining is by its very nature dangerous," Obama told reporters in the White House Rose Garden. "Every miner and every mining family understands this.

"But we know what can cause mine explosions and we know how to prevent them," the president said. "I refuse to accept any number of miner deaths as simply the cost of doing