By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 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, called for Scott Lloyd to resign as the Director of the Department of Health and Humans Services’ (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), following news...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 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 introduced the Stronger Safety Net (SSN) Act, a set of common sense proposals to modernize, enhance, and protect Social Security. The bill offers provisions...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: Dear President Trump: In light of Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald’s recent resignation as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), resulting from her various conflicts of interest, we write to request that you include consideration of certain qualifications as you assess potential candidates...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 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, delivered the following opening statement at the confirmation hearing for President Trump’s nominee for the National Labor Relations Board, John Ring.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Executive Session, Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks commending the progress on several bipartisan bills before the Committee to support the health and wellbeing of families and communities.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 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, and highest ranking woman in the United States Senate, issued the following statement in response to Vice President Mike Pence’s prediction that access to legal abortions could end “in our time."
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: ERIE, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Clarion University Small Business Development Center (Clarion University SBDC) recently formed an alliance to educate small businesses in Pennsylvania on workplace safety and health hazards.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: NAPLES, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited L.I. Aluminum Design Inc., a Naples-based patio and pool enclosure manufacturer and installer, for failing to protect employees from fall hazards. Proposed penalties total $40,096.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar: On Feb. 15, 2018, the day after the Parkland high school shooting, you testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee that you support research on gun violence prevention. You further stated that you consider it “a priority" for your Department.[1] The time has long...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Today, the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), held a hearing on “A More Effective and Collaborative OSHA: A View from Stakeholders."
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement on news that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) vacated its decision in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors after NLRB ethics officials determined Member William J. Emanuel should not have participated in the decision.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 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 today regarding the United States Supreme Court hearing oral arguments on the case Janus v. AFSCME Council 31. In this case, big businesses...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today sent a letter to Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) in response to his February 15th letter requesting a hearing on school safety following the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 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, issued the following statement on a new study from the Urban Institute showing the damage of President Trump’s efforts to sabotage health care.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: On Tuesday, February 27 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections will hold a hearing on "A More Effective and Collaborative OSHA: A View from Stakeholders." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 23, 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, issued the following statement on the State Department’s plan to remove language on women’s rights and discrimination from its annual global human rights report.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement following her appointment to the Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans by House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI)...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: Dear Director Cameron: Last month, the Idaho Department of Insurance issued a bulletin permitting the sale of “state-based plans" that do not satisfy consumer protections required of individual market insurance coverage under federal law.[1] We request an explanation of how the Idaho Department of Insurance...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC (IATSE) recently renewed their alliance to protect the safety and health of workers in the entertainment industry.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: PALATINE, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Manuel Gallardo, owner of Gallardo’s Construction Services, after inspectors observed employees exposed to fall hazards on six Chicago-area residential roofing projects between August and November 2017. The company faces $281,286 in proposed penalties.
