By DOL Newswire | Sep 27, 2020
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Scalia Highlights Economic Reopening and Apprenticeship Announcement in Greensboro, North Carolina - U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia traveled to Greensboro, North Carolina to discuss the economic recovery during the coronavirus pandemic. Secretary Scalia toured Machine Specialties, Inc. and met with company leadership, employees, and apprentices to discuss economic recovery and building a stronger workforce through apprenticeships.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee responsible for funding the Department...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a committee markup of H.R. 8294, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020, partisan legislation that will close potential pathways to work and fails to provide flexibility for job creators.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold a teleconference Oct. 13, 2020, to solicit public comments and suggestions on key issues facing OSHA’s whistleblower protection program. This is the sixth in a series of meetings on how the agency can improve the whistleblower program.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Today, Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, delivered the following statement after offering a pro-innovation amendment during a committee markup of the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020 (H.R. 8294)...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s Executive Order to combat the harmful practice of surprise medical billing...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to President Trump announcing several new executive orders regarding health care, even as he argues in court to strike down the Affordable Care Act-including protections for pre-existing conditions, Medicaid expansion, cost protections for patients, and more.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, at the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee’s latest hearing with members of the COVID-19 task force, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Committee, gave a detailed rundown of the Trump Administration’s failed response to the COVID-19 pandemic-from its lack of urgency to its abundance of political interference.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: “I will be doing absolutely everything I can to make sure everyone from Washington state to Washington, D.C.-and my Republican colleagues here in Congress-know just how much is risk if President Trump gets to appoint another hard-right nominee an unprecedented 41 days before a presidential election.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, issued the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule which establishes criteria for determining whether workers are employees or independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Democratic Leader, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and 32 of their Senate Democratic colleagues introduced the Science and Transparency Over Politics (STOP) ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, spoke on the Senate floor to stop an effort from Republicans to restrict access to the medication abortion drug, Mifepristone, which was approved by the...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 20, 2020
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Scalia Highlights Economic Reopening in Cincinnati, Ohio - "It was great to be back in Ohio and see the progress being made in safely re-opening our economy," said U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia. "I was pleased to visit Consolidated Metals Products and learn about the steps...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Committee, stressed the need for the FAFSA to help expand access to college for underrepresented students-especially considering the economic impact...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: During today’s debate of H.R. 2694, Democrats opposed an amendment offered by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, that would protect religious organizations from being forced to make employment decisions that conflict with their faith.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Today, the House is considering H.R. 2694, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. While well-intentioned, this legislation unfortunately 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 | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to a vaccine distribution plan released by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, applauded the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) for its report recommending that Congress finally repeal Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which allows employers to pay workers with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: House Democrats are advancing legislation they falsely characterize as an education bill. In reality, it’s a bill that radically rewrites the Civil Rights Act without any debate. Specifically, it creates a private right of action, which could lead to additional burdens on school systems and does nothing to eliminate the state’s ability to trap students in low-performing schools.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: GEORGETOWN, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Georgetown Dental LLC for violating respiratory protection and other standards at the Georgetown, Massachusetts, location. OSHA cited the dental practice for six serious and one other-than-serious violations, with proposed penalties of $9,500. The company has paid the penalty in full and abated the citations.
