By DOL Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: CATHEDRAL CITY, CA - Just a month after the new Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City opened, a metal gate near the casino’s loading dock collapsed, crushing a 41-year-old construction worker under its 3,000-pound weight.
By DOL Newswire | May 17, 2021
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 Supreme Court agreeing to hear the case of Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a direct challenge to the abortion protections codified in Roe v. Wade.
By DOL Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: Today, Democrats advanced H.R. 1065, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which does not include a long-standing provision from the Civil Rights Act which protects religious organizations from being forced to make employment decisions that conflict with their faith.
By DOL Newswire | May 14, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke in opposition to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (H.R. 1065), which delivers an unnecessary blow to religious organizations, potentially forcing them to make hiring decisions that conflict with their faith.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Greg Murphy (R-NC) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on creating opportunities for youth employment...
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: Committee Republicans are not sitting idly by while President Biden and the radical left try to turn civics lessons into Socialism 101. The administration supports critical race theory curriculum, which reduces our children to victims and oppressors based solely on the color of their skin. The Education Department is using this racist ideology to radicalize an entire generation of young people against America and the ideals of freedom and equality.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, ME - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Maine Department of Labor Workplace Safety and Health Division (SafetyWorks!) and the Maine Brewers' Guild have formed an alliance to promote worker safety and health in the Maine brewing industry.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2021
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 in response to the Biden Administration announcing that it will invest $7.4 billion from the American Rescue Plan to recruit and hire public health workers to fight the pandemic and prepare for future public health challenges.
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Today, Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) introduced the Fight Radicalization of Elementary Education (FREE) Act, which will prohibit the Department of Education from encouraging school districts to adopt critical race theory curriculum using federal grant funding, thwarting the left’s attempt to indoctrinate students with its racist agenda.
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Russ Fulcher (R-ID) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on school nutrition programs...
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted 14-8 on the nomination of Jocelyn Samuels to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), 14-8 on the nomination of Seema Nanda to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor (DOL), ...
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after President Biden broke with a decades-long tradition by failing to issue a proclamation in support of National Charter Schools Week, a move that comes after months of putting political allies over students...
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Today, Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) introduced the Protect Equality and Civics Education (PEACE) Act, which will prevent the Department of Education from using taxpayer dollars to fund its radical, anti-American critical race theory priorities.
By DOL Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, held a hearing focused on reviewing the significant progress made in combatting COVID-19, and what more can be done to address systemic inequities, remove barriers preventing people from getting vaccinated, and end the pandemic.
By DOL Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray, Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement on Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona’s announcement that all higher education students-including over 400,000 higher education students...
By DOL Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to Secretary Cardona’s decision to give Title IV ineligible students access to taxpayer money...
By DOL Newswire | May 10, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Republican Leader Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona demanding more information on the involvement of the American Federation of Teachers in the development of school reopening guidelines.
By DOL Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: Dear Mr. Dodaro: As chairs of the House Committee on Education and Labor and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), we write to request the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct a review of target-date funds (TDFs). The employer-provided retirement system must...
By DOL Newswire | May 7, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the newly released April jobs report...
By DOL Newswire | May 6, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee doctors Reps. Greg Murphy (R-NC) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) penned a letter to Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, demanding more information regarding the American Federation of Teachers’ influence on school reopening guidelines...
