Three key safety and health organizations are pressuring Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Senate labor appropriations panel, to maintain steady funding for OSHA and NIOSH programs in the next spending measure that clears Congress, even as the government bumps up against the so-called “fiscal cliff” that would slash spending across the board. The groups -- which lauded Harkin for maintaining stable agency funding levels in the fiscal 2013 appropriations bill -- also called on the senator to resist several policy riders backed by House Republicans that would rein in some parts of OSHA's p
December 29, 2025