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Mine owner and Senator argue about safety. Fri. August 10, 2007 9:54 PM ET - Watch as Robert Murray, the owner of the Utah mine where workers are trapped, testifies before a Senate committee about mine safety and then gets into a contentious exchange with Senator Barbara Boxer over Murray's safety record. (Aug. 10) See also AP's posting of this video at http://www.ap.org
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Posted on Fri, Oct. 20, 2006
Two for the money
WASHINGTON - Millionaire coal magnate Bob Murray knew the name to drop in September 2002, when Mine Safety Health Administration inspectors confronted him about safety problems at his mines: Sen. Mitch McConnell.
Murray, a large man with a fierce temper, is a huge donor to Republican senators. McConnell, R-Ky., rose through the ranks by raising money for those senators. And McConnell is married to Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, whose agency oversees MSHA.
Shouting at a table full of MSHA officials at their district office in Morgantown, W.Va., Murray said: "Mitch McConnell calls me one of the five finest men in America, and the last I checked, he was sleeping with your boss," according to notes of the meeting. "They," Murray added, pointing at two MSHA men, "are gone."
Murray, in a recent interview, denied that he referred to McConnell "sleeping with" Chao.
But nobody disputes that district manager Tim Thompson, at one end of Murray's jabbing finger and the man whose notes recorded the meeting, was transferred to another region, away from Murray's mines. He appealed the transfer for three years until he grudgingly took retirement in January. Labor Department officials refuse to discuss his transfer.....
Search YouTube to view Rep. Chris Cannon's views on the Utah mine collapse.