OSHA Coverage Hearing: Chairwoman Lynn Woolsey

Rep. Lynn Woolsey, chairwoman of the US House Education and Labor Committee Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, makes an opening statement at a subcommittee hearing on OSHA Coverage for state and local employees on May 24, 2007.
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