By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement on the White House proposal to reform the Higher Education Act. Senator Murray is currently working with Chairman Alexander on a comprehensive...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: BISMARCK, ND - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, State of North Dakota, and Bakken Basin Safety Consortium have signed an alliance to protect employees, and promote safety and health in the oil and gas industry.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the Department of Education’s notice that they are finally moving to implement the 2016 Obama Administration “borrower defense" ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Marshall: I am writing to request information related to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) deeply concerning announcement last week that it had confirmed the presence of asbestos in certain Claire’s cosmetics products. Claire’s removed the cosmetics that tested positive for asbestos, ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, and 20 Republican Committee Members sent a letter to Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, and Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, to request a full committee hearing on H.R. 1384, a bill to establish “Medicare-for-All," the one-size-fits-all bureaucratic health care system.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee responsible for funding the Department of Labor, today reintroduced the Healthy Families...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Rob Portman (R-OH), and Representatives Katherine Clark (D-MA) and Don Young (R-AK) reintroduced the Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act today to help homeless and foster students get the support they need to access and succeed in higher education.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Today, the Committee on Education and Labor convened a bipartisan hearing to examine the high cost of college and ways to enact student-centered reforms.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: OSHA cited the company - based in Coppell, Texas - for failing to maintain copies of required safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals used in the restaurant; provide information and training on the chemicals; provide appropriate eye and face protection; and lacking suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes for employees using hazardous chemicals. The company also failed to ensure inspections of portable ladders before each use or shift.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined by several of their Democratic colleagues, introduced legislation today protecting every woman’s constitutionally-guaranteed...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Free and reduced-priced meals offered through federal school meal programs are an important way to support kids’ healthy development and ensure that students from low-income households have access to nutritious breakfasts and lunches while at school.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, submitted a statement for the record at the Committee’s hearing on Simplifying the FAFSA and Reducing the Burden of Verification as the Senate works to reauthorize the...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: SHEBOYGAN, WI - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Nemak USA Inc. - based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin - for exposing workers to metalworking fluids used on aluminum after three employees were diagnosed with occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis, a debilitating lung disease. The company faces penalties of $26,520 for two serious health violations, the maximum penalty allowed by law.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is requesting information as the Agency considers rulemaking to update the powered industrial trucks standards for general, maritime, and construction industries. The standards became effective in 1971, and were based on industry consensus standards from 1969. Since then, national consensus standards have been updated several times.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray, (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s decision to give employers across the country the green light to offload pension liabilities...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray, (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) held a press call with patients and women’s health leaders to highlight the...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: At a subcommittee hearing on multiemployer pensions, members on both sides of the aisle came together to discuss the severe challenges facing the multiemployer pension system and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).
By DOL Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray, (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, spoke on the Senate floor about a new oversight memo she released highlighting some of the negative impacts of the Trump Administrations changes to the Title X...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited U.S. Battery Manufacturing Co. for exposing employees to lead, unguarded machinery, and other safety hazards at its facility in Augusta, Georgia. The company faces penalties of $115,594.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Today, Committee Democrats held a markup on H.R. 582, the Raise the Wage Act. If enacted, this legislation to more than double the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour will result in millions of job losses for vulnerable Americans, small business closures, and significant losses to the U.S. economy.
