By DOL Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, incoming Senate HELP Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) joined House Committee on Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-03), incoming Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), and Rep. Stephanie Murphy (FL-07) to introduce legislation gradually raising the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement today regarding President Biden’s designation of Peter Sung Ohr to serve as Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relation’s Board (NLRB) after Biden fired Peter Robb from the position on January 20...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), the Republican Leader of the House Committee on Education and Labor, and Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI), the co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Education Innovation and Opportunity, announced their House Resolution celebrating this week as National School Choice Week.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), released the list of new Republican members who were selected by the Republican Steering Committee to serve on the Education and Labor Committee in the 117th Congress.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: A bipartisan group of Education and Labor Committee Members introduced legislation today to strengthen federal efforts to prevent and treat the harmful impacts of child abuse. The Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (Stronger CAPTA) includes bold, bipartisan reforms that will help states combat the uptick in child abuse and neglect.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement strongly criticizing the Biden administration’s demand that National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Peter Robb resign from his Senate-confirmed, four-year appointment...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Yesterday, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, reached out to Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Alex Azar, to express her strong opposition to sudden steps announced by the Department in the final days of the Trump Administration that undermine the independence of, and public confidence in, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
By DOL Newswire | Jan 15, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), criticized President-elect Joe Biden’s massive $1.9 trillion liberal wish list masquerading as a COVID-19 package...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, praised President-elect Biden for including a re-enactment and expansion of paid leave provisions in his COVID-19 relief plan.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, praised President-elect Biden for his plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour and end the use of subminimum wages for tipped workers and workers with disabilities.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY), sent a letter to the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) and the Washington Teachers’ Union (WTU) requesting information about the ...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the additional $40 billion in child care relief included in President-elect Biden’s COVID-19 package. This funding builds on...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the steps President-elect Biden outlined to scale up vaccine distribution and administration as part of his COVID-19 response proposal.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after meeting by phone with Connecticut Education Commissioner Dr. Miguel Cardona, President-elect Biden’s nominee to serve as Secretary of Education.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor has announced adjustments to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2021.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: ALLENTOWN, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) elevated its longstanding alliance with the Lehigh Valley Safety Committee (LVSC), a consortium of organizations in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, to “ambassador" status at a virtual signing ceremony today.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a final rule to increase transparency and facilitate quicker resolutions of complaints filed by employees...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar: We write to you with concerns about significant challenges in COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration across the country and to outline key actions the Trump Administration should have taken-and must now take-to address these challenges. With our health system and economy...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the announcement that President-elect Biden has nominated Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to serve as Secretary of Labor...
