By DOL Newswire | Sep 27, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on President Trump’s comments regarding Secretary Price’s taxpayer-funded use of private jets.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has awarded $10.5 million in one-year federal safety and health training grants to 80 nonprofit organizations nationwide. The funding through the Susan Harwood Training Grants Program will provide education and training to help businesses and workers address workplace hazards and adopt best practices for avoiding workplace injuries.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO, IL - A Chicago manufacturer of rigid metal, plastic, and hybrid containers faces $503,380 in proposed penalties after inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) responded to four separate reports of workers suffering injuries at the facility.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, issued the following joint statement after the Senate confirmed William Emanuel to fill the remaining vacant seat on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), giving the board its first Republican majority in nearly a decade.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 22, 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 U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ decision to rescind Obama Administration guidance that protect survivors and help colleges...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 22, 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 echoing Senator John McCain’s call for regular order and bipartisanship on health care and urged resumed bipartisan negotiations on stabilizing health care markets and protecting families from higher premiums.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 21, 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 continuing to urge Republican leaders to reverse course on Cassidy-Graham-Heller, the latest version of Trumpcare, and allow bipartisan negotiations between her and Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) to move forward...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement on press reports that Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price used a private jet on at least five separate occasions when traveling for official business.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 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 bipartisan negotiations in the HELP Committee to stabilize markets and lower premiums for families.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We write today to express our serious objections to the series of actions by the U.S. Department of Education (“Department") to effectively suspend the implementation of the gainful employment rule. From cancelling contracts that support data collection, to failing to generate...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: The bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) empowered states with the flexibility to design statewide accountability systems to improve public education, so long as those systems comply with the law’s equity requirements. It is the responsibility of the Department of Education...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary Acosta: As we wrote in our July 21, 2017 comment to the Department of Labor’s (the “Department" or “DOL") Request for Information (“RFI") in connection with its examination of the final rule defining who is a “fiduciary" under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 15, 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, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), 29 U.S. Senators sent a letter to U.S. Secretary...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: MISSOULA, MT - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the U.S. Forest Service (USFS)-Northern Division, and the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE)-Northern Region have signed a two-year alliance to promote safe practices in Montana and North and South Dakota’s forestry, logging, firefighting, and natural resource industries.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) and Bob Casey (D-PA), and Representatives Bobby Scott (D-VA), ranking member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Jared Polis (D-CO) introduced the Child Care for Working Families Act today, a comprehensive early learning and child care bill to ensure affordable, high-quality child care for working families across the country.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement on the passage of H.R. 3354, the Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, led by Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN), the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee held its final scheduled hearing with doctors, hospitals, and patients on bipartisan steps Congress can take to stabilize the individual...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the American Chemistry Council (ACC) established a two-year alliance today to raise awareness of how workers are exposed to diisocyantes, and promote safe practices for their use in the polyurethane industry.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today formed an alliance with the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) with the goal of protecting the safety and health of workers in the grain handling industry. The two-year alliance will focus on preventing exposure to hazards associated with grain bin entry, machine guarding, respiratory protection, falls, heat exposure, combustible dust, struck-by equipment, and lockout/tagout.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rob Portman (R-OH), and Representatives Katherine Clark (D-MA) and Don Young (R-AK) introduced the Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act of 2017 today to help remove barriers and provide support to help homeless and foster kids access and succeed in higher education.
