Shameless.

(The Hill) — Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) blamed corporate greed and “the 1 percent” for the explosion that killed 29 miners at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia on April 5, 2010.

“Instead of being held accountable for decisions that caused 29 deaths, Massey Energy executives got a massive $195 million payout when they sold off their company, according to the United Mine Workers report,” Miller said in a speech Monday on the House floor.

“Even though Don Blankenship was forced to resign following the Upper Big Branch tragedy, he pocketed $86 million in a golden parachute when 29 of the miners under his jurisdiction and responsibility were killed,” he continued. “If you wonder why people are talking about the 1 percent and the 99 percent. The 99 percent in the mine had their lives put in danger every day. They went to work for Massey. And every day they questioned it, they were threatened with their job loss.”