Industry Urges Congress To Block Silica Rule To Force New OSHA Review

The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) is urging Congress to block OSHA's silica rule until the agency has reconsidered the measure's impacts on small businesses, a call that at least one key Republican lawmaker signaled he is prepared to support. “I urge Congress to consider ways to forestall the implementation of this deeply flawed rule until such time as OSHA has revisited the potential burden this rule will set upon small businesses,” Ed Brady, a homebuilder from Texas, told the...