Despite the fact that this vice president for operations for Imperial Sugar was a new-hire and claimed he told management about the dangerous, illegal working conditions of the company’s plant in Port Wentworth, Georgia that resulted in the tragic death of 14 and dozens more injured, Senator Saxby Chambliss seemed more interested in calling this whistleblower’s sincerity into question instead of focusing blame where it belonged. Transcript: HEARING OF THE EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS COMMITTEE SUBJECT: DANGEROUS DUST: IS OSHA DOING ENOUGH TO PROTECT WORKERS? CHAIRED BY: SENATOR PATTY MURRAY (D-WA) WITNESSES: •PANEL I EDWIN G. FOULKE JR., ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF LABOR FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA) •JOHN S. BRESLAND, CHAIRMAN CEO OF US CHEMICAL SAFETY & HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD PANEL II AMY SPENCER, SENIOR CHEMICAL ENGINEER, NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION; RICHARD W. PRUGH, SENIOR PROCESS SAFETY SPECIALIST, CHILWORTH TECHNOLOGY INC. •GRAHAM H. GRAHAM, VICE PRESIDENT FOR OPERATIONS, IMPERIAL SUGAR COMPANY LOCATION: 430 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING, WASHINGTON, DC TIME: 10:00 AM EDT DATE: TUESDAY, JULY 29, 2008 TRANSCRIPT OF CLIP: SEN. CHAMBLISS: Now, I hear you. I think you’ve already answered that. Now, you had this meeting with employees at the Port Wentworth plant in which you, Mr. Graham, having gone into this facility, having identified …