Senator Seeks To Gut OSHA Training Grant Program As Part Of Deficit Reduction

OSHA's training grant program would be slashed under plans floated by some in Congress as lawmakers face pressure to cut federal spending as a result of the debt limit deal signed by the president Tuesday afternoon. Organized labor and public interest groups are slamming the training grant proposal, pushed by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) as part of a recent budget-cutting blueprint and expected to resurface as lawmakers scramble to implement spending caps mandated by the debt ceiling law. It remains unclear how hard OSHA will be hit by the debt deal's mandatory spending cap, but Public Citizen issue