Representative Furiously Attacks Blankenship

{Washington, D.C.}...Wednesday, Representative George Miller of California, the senior Democrat on the House Education and Labor Committee, said in remarks on the House floor, “People who live in coal-mining states like Kentucky should be aware that a serial violator of basic mine safety law is coming to your state soon seeking to operate a mine.” Kentucky records show that former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship has started a new mining company in Kentucky. Miller, one of the most outspoken coal-mine safety advocates in Congress, says his office congressional staff is looking more closely into Blankenship’s new operations, though federal records do not indicate that the company has any active mines. Miller furiously attacked Blankenship saying, “Mine companies under his leadership have engaged in dangerous and deadly practices that would pose a threat to mine workers in your state.”