By DOL Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Following remarks on the start of health care open enrollment, Assistant Democratic Leader Patty Murray (D-WA) denounced President Trump and Republican leaders for their continued push to ram through extreme, conservative judges for lifetime court appointments.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), a member of the House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, have re-introduced the...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: BOISE, ID - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Alta Construction, Inc. for one willful and two serious violations after failing to follow safe trenching practices. OSHA proposed $106,000 in fines.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement after the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) failed to respond to Murray’s inquiry demanding answers about the Trump Administration’s effort to block unaccompanied minors from accessing abortions.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on: “Implementation of 21st Century Cures Act: Achieving Promise of Health IT."
By DOL Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Dear President Trump: In light of the concerning trend of extreme, ideological policymaking at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the serious ethical concerns resulting in former Secretary Price’s resignation, we write to outline priorities by which to evaluate any nominee for Secretary...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement on President Trump’s intention to nominate Scott Mugno as the Assistant Secretary of Labor of Occupational Safety and Health.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -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 Labor’s decision to appeal a flawed decision by a Texas judge that ruled against the Obama Administration overtime...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement on reports that Secretary DeVos is considering providing partial relief who were defrauded by predatory for-profit colleges, including...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Acme Parts, Inc., of Brooklyn have reached a settlement agreement to improve Acme Parts' workplace safety and health.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Senate HELP Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), joined by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), ...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senate HELP Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) today continued to urge Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to reverse course on any action to undermine rights for students of color and students with disabilities by rolling back protections issued by the Obama Administration to address disparities in special education and disciplinary practices.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Dear Acting Secretary Hargan: We write to request information about the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS or the Department) hurricane response efforts in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Over the past few weeks, Hurricanes Maria, Irma, and Harvey have ravaged many of the nation’s...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 26, 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 Free Speech on Campus. Senators on both sides of the aisle agreed that freedom of speech...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 26, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senate HELP Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement today on President Trump’s opioid announcement...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 26, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - In a letter today to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Assistant Democratic Leader Patty Murray (D-WA) urged her colleagues to oppose the nomination of Representative Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) to serve as Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
By DOL Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We write with great alarm about the recent increase in hateful and discriminatory speech and conduct in schools across the country. We are deeply concerned that President Trump’s tweets and remarks have normalized bigotry, racism, homophobia, and misogyny and that his behavior...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - United States Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) today released a report written by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General (IG) that details results from an investigation into the Trump Administration’s decisions to pull Affordable Care Act (ACA) advertisements just a few days prior to the end of the 2017 open enrollment period.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on today’s court ruling rejecting a temporary stay that would have required the Trump Administration to resume out-of-pocket cost reduction payments.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Washington -Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today released the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) report on the Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act of 2017...
