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Souder Votes for OSHA ReformCongressional Labor Committee Passes Four BillsApril 13, 2005 U.S. Rep. Mark Souder, a senior member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, voted today with a majority of this congressional committee to pass four bills designed to reform the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Souder, who is a cosponsor of each bill, has been an advocate of OSHA reform for years. “The four pieces of legislation passed by the committee today would help small businesses receive fairer treatment,” Souder said. “Having worked in small business, I know well that OSHA is not always fair, and that reform of OSHA rules is badly needed. These bills would afford small businesses some due process rights that would help give them a chance against a faceless agency that rarely understands the work of these employers or the hardships imposed by their bureaucratic mandates and procedures.” “For example,” Souder added, “H.R. 741 would direct appeals courts to defer to the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission’s interpretation of the law. Under current law, courts defer to OSHA, an agency whose officials have absolutely no business experience. Members of the review commission, on the other hand, have business experience.” The four bills are: Now that the bills have been passed by the Education and the Workforce Committee, they will be reported to the House floor, where they will await consideration by the full House of Representatives.
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