House Education and Labor Committee Issues Subpoenas for Sworn Testimony from Murray Energy Executives

Friday, February 22, 2008

WASHINGTON, DC -- As part of its ongoing investigation into the events surrounding the deaths of nine men at the Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah in August 2007, the House Education and Labor Committee today issued subpoenas for two top officials of the Murray Energy Corporation, which operates the mine through a wholly-owned subsidiary, to appear for depositions with committee counsel.

U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the chairman of the committee, issued the subpoenas for Robert E. Murray, the founder and CEO of Ohio-based Murray Energy Corporation, and for P. Bruce Hill, the president of UtahAmerican Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Murray Energy Corporation.  

“Our goal in speaking with Mr. Murray and Mr. Hill is the same as our goal in this investigation – to learn what went wrong at the Crandall Canyon Mine so that we can apply lessons learned from this tragedy to ensure that nothing like it happens again,” said Miller.

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