Honorable Paul Wellstone
United States Senator, Minnesota, Democrat
Senator Wellstone was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1990. He was a professor at Carleton College from 1969 to 1990. He serves on the following committees: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Foreign Relations; Small Business; Indian Affairs; and Veterans’ Affairs.The following statement is from the March 6, 2001, Senate floor debate on S.J. Res. 6, providing for congressional disapproval of the ergonomics rule submitted by the Department of Labor.Each year, there are 1.8 million workers who suffer from ergonomic disorders. Six hundred thousand men and women have injuries so severe they are forced to take off work. Obviously,…
