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News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement after the House passed Biden’s infrastructure scheme...


What They’re Saying: Senator Murray’s Child Care Plan in Build Back Better

News Release: (Washington, D.C.)- Last week, former preschool teacher and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced her strong support for the largest investments in child care and pre-K in our nation’s history, which are included in the...


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page rule on Nov. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


There were 29 notices published by the Labor Department in October, according to the Federal Register.


Senator Murray Statement on OSHA Safety Standard Requiring Vaccination

News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the issuance of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) impacting...


Senator Murray Marks Progress In Fight Against COVID, Pushes To Build On Momentum

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a hearing on the significant progress made in combatting COVID-19, and stressed the need for continued action to end the pandemic, and keep families safe from...


News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement after the House passed H.R. 3992, the so-called Protect Older Job Applicants Act, which will harm job creators, enrich trial lawyers, and gut recruitment programs in the middle of a labor shortage...


Foxx Blasts Egregious Federal Vaccine Mandate For Private Businesses

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) “emergency" rule requiring private companies to enforce a COVID-19 vaccine-and-testing mandate...


US Department of Labor issues emergency temporary standard to protect workers from coronavirus

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced a new emergency temporary standard to protect more than 84 million workers from the spread of the coronavirus on the job. The nation's unvaccinated workers face grave danger from workplace exposure to coronavirus, and immediate action is necessary to protect them.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on Democrats’ anti-business arbitration bill...


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Foxx Reacts to Biden’s Plan to Terminate Contracts with PCAs

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Department of Education announced it will end contracts with its Private Collection Agencies (PCAs)...


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


US Department of Labor, stakeholders sign partnership agreement to train, protect workers from construction hazards on Haribo candy factory project

News Release: PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WI - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Gilbane Building Co. are partnering with safety advocates and labor unions to protect the safety and health of workers during construction of a new Pleasant Prairie manufacturing facility.


Murray Applauds Steps to Lower Patients’ Drug Costs in Build Back Better

News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the House bill’s inclusion of provisions to lower drug costs and allow Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices.


Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project

News Release: RODANTHE, NC – A federal workplace safety investigation found that established procedures were ignored, causing a 42-year-old welder on the Bonner Bridge in Rodanthe to fall more than 50 feet to his death when the structure collapsed on April 14.


US Department of Labor announces resumption of Job Corps’  new student enrollment for in-person instruction, training

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced the reopening of new student enrollment for in-person instruction and job training today at Job Corps centers across the nation.


Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions

News Release: CUSSETA, AL – A 64-year-old employee suffered an arm amputation, federal workplace safety investigators found, as a result of a Cusseta auto parts manufacturer and supplier’s willful failure to follow required safety standards.