By DOL Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: Dear Acting Secretary Hargan: It is with great frustration that we again write regarding the actions of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) related to the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPPP) within the HHS Office of Adolescent Health (OAH). We remain concerned that the Trump Administration’s...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: Media Contacts: Leni Fortson, 215-861-5102, uddyback-fortson.lenore@dol.gov. Joanna Hawkins, 215-861-5101, hawkins.joanna@dol.gov. Release Number: 17-1566-PHI (osha 17-032). -------------------------------. U.S. Department of Labor news materials are accessible at
By DOL Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: MARSHALL, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Marshall Pottery, Inc., have reached a settlement agreement including a penalty of $545,160, after the death of an assistant plant manager.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee delivered the following opening statement today at a Committee hearing discussing simplifying the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Senator Murray highlighted the importance of a comprehensive reauthorization of the Higher Education Act to adequately address all of the challenges college students’ are facing today.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: On Wednesday, November 29 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions will hold a hearing on "Financial Challenges Facing the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: Implications for Pension Plans, Workers, and Retirees." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: Dear Ms. Goodridge-Keiller: I write regarding the Department’s conflict of interest and ethics compliance review processes in light of recent revelations surrounding the use of offshore tax shelters by high-net-worth members of the Administration. Over the past year, this Administration has repeatedly...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: GIBSONTON, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Tampa Electric Co. and Critical Intervention Services, a security services provider, for $43,458 in total proposed penalties, following a release of anhydrous ammonia - a chemical refrigerant - at its Gibsonton facility.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: CAMBRIA, WI - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed $1,837,861 in fines against Didion Milling Inc. following a May 31, 2017, explosion that killed five workers and injured 12 others, including a 21-year-old employee who suffered a double leg amputation after being crushed by a railcar.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the Workplace Action for a Growing Economy (WAGE) Act today to strengthen workers’ rights to form or join a union, speak...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
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, gave remarks on Senate Republican efforts to paper over devastating health changes added to the partisan tax reform bill by including the bipartisan Alexander-Murray stabilization legislation.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing with Surgeon General Jerome Adams on how community prevention programs can help improve health outcomes and reduce costs for patients and families.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We write to express our concern regarding what we believe to be unprecedented action by the U.S. Department of Education (“Department") to close a part of federal rulemaking off from the public. Given the Trump Administration’s repeated efforts to undermine protections for defrauded...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
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 reports that Senate Republicans have opted to raise families’ premiums and take coverage away from 13 million people as part of their rushed, partisan effort to give millionaires and billionaires a tax cut.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos and Dr. Johnson...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
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 news that President Trump nominated pharmaceutical executive Alex Azar to the role of Secretary of Health and Human Services.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today announced that the committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, November 15 at 10 a.m. on “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of Labor". The Honorable R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, will testify. The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 10, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Led by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today 18 Democratic Senators sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Secretary Eric D. Hargan to express their continued concern...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a final rule setting Nov. 10, 2018, as the date for employers in the construction industries to comply with a requirement for crane operator certification. The final rule becomes effective November 9, 2017.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: BOSTON, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Lynnway Auto Auction Inc. for electrical, struck-by, and other hazards at its auto auction facility in Billerica.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has again cited Trade Fair Supermarkets for exposing employees to safety and health hazards at three of its locations in Queens, New York. The company faces $505,929 in proposed penalties.
