Original sentence: Bush in September 2005.Despite resistance from the Senate, and with the nomination being returned twice to his desk unaffirmed, President Bush later appointed Stickler as a recess appointment in October 2006.In fact, his mines had a rate of preventable accidents that were 3 times the national average".In remarks at the time, Senator Rockefeller noted that Stickler had overseen "some of the most dangerous, most frequently cited for safety violations in the entire industry.Most recently, Stickler reached public notereity as a result of his role in co-ordinating the rescue effort to find six miners trapped by a collapse at Crandall Canyon Mine in August of 2007.Robert Byrd and Jay Rockefeller (both of West Virginia) successfully corralling widespread opposition from both Democratic and Republican senators.Senator Rockefeller, who had recently marshalled the MINER Act through the Senate to strenghten mine safety regulation, noted that Stickler had testified to Congress that he did not believe more legislation was nessecary and that enforcement was not an issue.Stickler was nominated to the role of Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of MSHA by President George W.The appointment - which was unsurprisingly met by vocal criticism from members of then Senate - will expire at the conclusion of the 110th United States Congress on January 3, 2009.The appointment was strongly opposed by the United Mine Workers, a major worker union in the mining industry, and eight of the nine miners rescued following the Quecreek disaster...The nomination also faced significant resistance in the United States Senate, with Democratic Sens
Edited sentence: Bush in September 2005, and his appointment was opposed by United Mine Workers and eight of the nine miners who were rescued at Quecreek.He was appointed to the position of Assistant Secretary in the  Labor Department's Mine Safety and Health Administration by George W.It was also opposed by West Virginia senators Robert Byrd  and Jay Rockefeller and Pennsylvania senator Arlen Specter.Stickler also presided over the rescue effort at Crandall Canyon Mine in August of 2007.The Senate voted twice to send the nomination back to the White House, however, Bush later had Stickler installed as a recess appointment in October 2006