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HOUSE COMMITTEE EXAMINES MINE SAFETY ON CAPITOL HILL

Richard Stickler, head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, testifies before a House Education and Labor Committee hearing on the Mine Safety and Health Administration's mine safety programs on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 16, 2007. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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