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In reply to the discussion: Now that video exists of Alan Grayson being attacked by his wife without retaliating, I predict ... [View all]Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)It's a major corporation in his district, directly and indirectly responsible for a lot of revenue and perhaps thousands of jobs. They had just suffered a tragic incident and he wanted to know, from OSHA, what the potential impact might be. He might, MIGHT, have also placed some pressure on OSHA to moderate their report to some extent -- but as far as I know there is no evidence of that. Finally, he has said nice complimentary things about SeaWorld in the past, which is entirely appropriate.
In other words, he has done his job. I wish president Obama took representing his voters as seriously.
Years back Harry Reid was my Senator. At the time I was a somewhat enthusiastic by very amateur astronomer. One of my astronomy magazines mentioned that NASA was planning to defund and pull the plug on the Hubble. I wrote to Senator Reid (and my GOP Senator) expressing my concerns. Two weeks later I got a letter back from a staffer in Reid's office. It said that Senator Reid had spoken to the people at NASA and they had decided to reverse their position and would continue funding and support for the Hubble program. He did his JOB, representing one of his constituents. So did Grayson with SeaWorld.