Honorable Edward M. Kennedy
United States Senator, Massachusetts, Democrat
Senator Kennedy was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1962. He serves on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, where he is Ranking Member, on the Judiciary Committee, where he is the Ranking Minority Member of the Immigration Subcommittee, and on the Armed Services Committee. 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.This is a matter of enormous importance and consequence to America’s workers. It will be the first time in the history of OSHA [Occupational…
