Alice Peters, the mother-in-law of miner Edward Dean Jones, who died in the Upper Big Branch Mine explosion, wipes her eyes as Clay Mullins tells a congressional committee about the dangerous conditions his brother, Rex Mullins, faced in Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine.

Members of the House Education and Labor Committee were joined by members of West Virginia's congressional delegation for a field hearing on the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster.

Gov. Joe Manchin (left) makes a point during Monday's hearing, while families of the miners who died at Massey's Upper Big Branch Mine wait their turn to testify about safety conditions in the mine.