Honorable George Miller
United States Representative, California, Democrat
Representative Miller, of the Seventh District of California, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1974. He served as a legislative aide to the California Senate Majority Leader from 1969 to 1974 and as a practicing attorney from 1972 to 1974. He chairs the Education and Labor Committee and serves on the Natural Resources Committee. The following is from Chairman Miller’s October 31, 2007, statement during the Committee markup of H.R. 2768, the Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (S-MINER) Act.Despite significant progress over the last several decades, mining remains one of the most dangerous jobs…