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Salazar blocks nominee until Flats workers get aid
12/12/2006
U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar is blocking the confirmation of a Labor
Department
nominee because of what he called the administration's "foot dragging"
on helping
ill Rocky Flats workers.
Salazar said he wants to see action by the Bush administration before
he will
allow confirmation of Leon Sequeira for Department of Labor assistant
secretary for policy. Under Senate rules, one senator can block action
on a
confirmation.
"I harbor no ill will toward Mr. Sequeira," Salazar said Tuesday. "But
I am
furious with the foot dragging, the obstruction, and the neglect that
have
characterized the administration's approach toward American citizens
who took real
risks for our country during the Cold War, who are suffering now, and
who
need and deserve help."
Many who worked at the former nuclear-weapons facility near Golden were
exposed to radiation and other hazards and now have cancer and other
serious
illnesses, said Salazar spokesman Drew Nannis. Those workers and their
survivors
filed a petition 17 months ago asking for financial compensation.
Salazar blocks nominee until Flats workers get aid
12/12/2006
U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar is blocking the confirmation of a Labor
Department
nominee because of what he called the administration's "foot dragging"
on helping
ill Rocky Flats workers.
Salazar said he wants to see action by the Bush administration before
he will
allow confirmation of Leon Sequeira for Department of Labor assistant
secretary for policy. Under Senate rules, one senator can block action
on a
confirmation.
"I harbor no ill will toward Mr. Sequeira," Salazar said Tuesday. "But
I am
furious with the foot dragging, the obstruction, and the neglect that
have
characterized the administration's approach toward American citizens
who took real
risks for our country during the Cold War, who are suffering now, and
who
need and deserve help."
Many who worked at the former nuclear-weapons facility near Golden were
exposed to radiation and other hazards and now have cancer and other
serious
illnesses, said Salazar spokesman Drew Nannis. Those workers and their
survivors
filed a petition 17 months ago asking for financial compensation.
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Re: Salazar blocks nominee until Flats workers get aid
Sat, May 12, 2007 - 7:20 PMWhy doesn;t this show up in the mainstream press? Since it involves Bush bashing I'm surprised it isn't spoken of more in the mainstream media.
I have decided to stop calling it the News, it's entertainment. Too many real issues get snowed under for crap like dead fat playmates and Paris Hilton. Personally I can;t believe the press wasn;t all over the whole Circuit City situation. They mentioned it once in the paper and that was it. Nows there's a company that deserves a lot of bad press.
