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Article: REP. BARROW TO REINTRODUCE COMBUSTIBLE DUST BILL
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 11, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga. (12th CD), issued the following news release:
Just before the first anniversary of the tragic explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia, Congressman John Barrow (GA-12) has reintroduced the Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act. The legislation passed the House of Representatives last year by a vote of 247 to 165, but the Senate failed to take action on the bill in the last Congress.
"A year has passed since tragedy struck our community, but so far we haven't enacted any real change," said Barrow. "We've been told over and over that it's not a question of if this type of accident is going ...