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Associated PressSep 24, 5:33 PM EDT
House Subpoenas Mining Accident Papers
By JENNIFER TALHELM
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A House committee has issued a subpoena demanding that Labor Secretary Elaine Chao give up documents related to the Aug. 6 coal mine collapse in Utah that killed nine people. Lawmakers say they have exhausted other options.
Last month, the House Education and Labor Committee asked for a slew of records related to the department's oversight of the Crandall Canyon mine, including internal communications with the mine operators.
A spokesman for Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., said Monday that while Chao's agency has given the committee some of the requested information, it hasn't yet produced the internal documents.
The committee has no choice but to subpoena the information, Miller spokesman Tom Kiley said. Chao has until 5 p.m. on Oct. 9 to produce the records.
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