By DOL Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Committee’s latest hearing on ways to address rising health care costs. In her remarks, Senator Murray condemned President Trump...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Timberline Hardwood Floors LLC for willful and serious violations of workplace safety and health standards. The Fulton, New York, custom hardwood-flooring manufacturer faces proposed penalties totaling $182,917.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and 21 cosponsors, introduced the Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act, legislation to protect the health and safety of pregnant women and youth in...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: On Tuesday, July 17 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education will hold a hearing on “Examining the Summer Food Service Program." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
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 Government Accountability Office (GOA) report on the progress states and local areas are making the meet the Workforce Innovation...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: HOMERVILLE, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Dupont Yard Inc. after an employee suffered a partial hand amputation and other injuries while working on unguarded machinery in Homerville, Georgia. The wooden post manufacturer faces $109,548 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
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 a new report from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services detailing former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price’s repeated misuse of public funds to charter private aircraft trips.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: BELHAVEN, NC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Belhaven Shipyard and Marina Inc. - doing business as TowBoatUS River Forest - after an employee drowned when a towboat capsized while operating in a winter storm. The company faces $11,640 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Tina Smith (D-MN), held a press conference with experts and activists from Planned Parenthood, Physicians for Reproductive Health, and NARAL to speak about their opposition...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), member of the HELP Committee, and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA7), announced a bipartisan, bicameral reintroduction of the...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) encourages Americans to commit to workplace safety and health by participating in Safe + Sound Week, August 13-19, 2018.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Alberici Healthcare LLC in St. Louis, Missouri, have signed a strategic partnership to promote worker safety and health during the construction of the 802,000-square-foot SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined a press conference with Senate Democrats, Protect Our Care, and Little Lobbyists to speak about her opposition to President Trump’s nomination of Judge...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
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, which has jurisdiction over the Department of Health and Human Services where the Office of Refugee Resettlement is housed, issued the following statement on...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement on news that the Trump Administration will further slash investments in helping families seeking health care coverage understand their options and navigate the health care system.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: OMAHA, NE - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and McCarthy Building Companies Inc. in Omaha, Nebraska, have signed a strategic partnership to promote worker safety and health during the construction of the Veterans Ambulatory Care Center - an addition to the Omaha Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is seeking to stem a recent increase in workplace fatalities in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. The Agency has seen an increase in fatalities associated with falls, struck-by objects and vehicles, machine hazards, grain bin engulfment, and burns.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks today at a forum hosted by the DPCC on what teachers, workers, and unions around the country can do in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME, which significantly undermined the collective bargaining power of public sector unions.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited North Florida Shipyards Inc., a shipbuilding and repair company, after an employee suffered fatal injuries at its Commodores Point facility in Jacksonville, Florida. The shipyard faces $271,061 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), University of Alabama’s Safe State On-site Consultation Program, and Holder Construction Group LLC, have signed a strategic partnership agreement to promote worker safety and health during the construction of the Mustang Widows Creek Projects in Bridgeport.
