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News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Chairman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA) released the following statement announcing the start of a bipartisan effort to reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which is the nation’s primary federal workforce ...

Republican Committee Leaders Introduce the Lower Costs, More Cures Act

News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released legislation - the Lower Costs, More Cures Act - to lower drug costs for Americans without limiting access to cures.

HELP Committee Votes to Advance Labor and Education Nominees Julie Su, Cindy Marten, James Kvaal

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced the nominations of Julie Su to be Deputy Secretary of Labor by a bipartisan vote of 13-9, Cindy Marten to be Deputy Secretary of Education by a bipartisan vote of 14-8, and James Kvaal to be Under...

Excavation company agrees to increase employee training on dangerous trenching hazards prior to 2021 construction season

News Release: BISMARCK, ND - Before they fill the first bucket of dirt this construction season, Wagner Construction Inc. will train employees on trenching and excavation hazards, develop detailed site-specific safety plans and has employed a full-time safety manager to protect workers from deadly excavation hazards.

OSHA cites North American Lighting after maintenance technician suffers facial burns in explosion at Paris, Illinois, facility

News Release: PARIS, IL - On Nov. 14, 2020, a master maintenance technician for a central Illinois lighting manufacturer suffered severe facial burns when pressurized material in a plastic molding machine exploded.

Senator Murray Leads Hearing on Strengthening Workforce Programs to Address COVID-19 Job Crisis

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 strengthening our nation’s workforce programs to provide quality education, training, and employment opportunities for working families impacted...

Foxx Statement on School Nutrition Announcement

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the extension of school nutrition program waivers nationwide through the 2021-2022 academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic...

Foxx Opening Statement at Hearing on For-Profit College Conversions

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on for-profit college conversions...

US Department of Labor opens national dialogue to improve outreach to teens on workplace issues of safety, wages, job training, discrimination

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor is extending an invitation to teens, parents, educators, employers and other interested stakeholders to join a national online dialogue through April 30 to gather ideas on how the department can connect with teens better.

US Department of Labor partners with Dellbrook/JKS to promote workplace safety at Massachusetts construction site

News Release: CAMBRIDGE, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Dellbrook/JKS Inc., a regional construction management company, have signed a partnership agreement to promote worker safety and health at a construction project near the Fresh Pond Reservation in Cambridge.

Democrats Slam Health Care Facilities with Rushed, Costly Government Mandates

News Release: Today, the House passed Democrats' Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, a bill that will unnecessarily strain the health care industry during the COVID-19 pandemic by imposing rushed, costly, and burdensome regulations on all health care facilities, including rural hospitals already at risk of closure.

Democrat Bill Will Overwhelm Health Care Industries

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke in opposition to H.R. 1195, the Democrat-proposed Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act. H.R. 1195 is the wrong solution to a serious problem. It will result in an overly prescriptive, catch-all rule that will hurt workers and employers in the already overwhelmed health care and social service industries.

Senator Murray Urges Department of Education to Help Schools Address AAPI Discrimination and Harassment

News Release: Dear Secretary Cardona: I write to encourage the U.S. Department of Education (“Department") to take steps to ensure that K-12 schools and institutions of higher education (“IHEs") are addressing instances of harassment on the basis of race or ethnicity, including those targeted at Asian-American and...

Allen Opening Statement at Hearing on Behavioral and Mental Health Care

News Release: Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing to discuss workers' access to behavioral and mental health care...

Senator Murray Urges Speedy Confirmation For Education Under Secretary Nominee James Kvaal

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, urged her colleagues to support the nomination of James Kvaal to serve as Under Secretary of Education, highlighting his extensive experience-at the Department of...

At Press Conference, Murray, DeLauro, Pelosi Applaud House Passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act, Urge Senate Action

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-3), Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12), Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA-3), Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC-12), Congresswoman Norma Torres (D-CA-35), ...

Democrats Pass So-Called Paycheck Fairness Act at the Expense of Working Women