By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee held its third scheduled hearing on bipartisan steps Congress should take to stabilize the individual insurance market with state flexibility experts. In her opening statement, Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: On Wednesday, Sept. 13, at 10 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections and Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions will hold a joint legislative hearing on H.R. 3441, the Save Local Business Act. The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: EL PASO, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the El Paso Community College - Risk Management Institute have signed an alliance to provide workers, students, and employers in El Paso with information, guidance, and access to OSHA training classes.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: EL PASO, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the David L. Carrasco Job Corps Center have renewed an alliance to provide young workers in El Paso with information, guidance, and training to enhance the center’s health and safety culture.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement on reports Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy plan to introduce next week yet another reckless, harmful health care repeal bill...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: The Honorable Betsy DeVos. Secretary of Education. U.S. Department of Education. 400 Maryland Ave, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20202. Dear Secretary DeVos, I urge you to leave in place the current U.S. Department of Education (“Department") Dear Colleague on Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 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 walking away from Obama Administration guidance for colleges to combat the national epidemic of campus sexual assault. With her announcement today, Secretary DeVos is continuing a pattern of undermining survivors’ rights and making it harder for justice to be served.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: MEDLEY, FL - Hometown Foods USA - a commercial bakery doing business as Bagelmania Inc. - faces $129,145 in proposed penalties from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) after investigators found workers at its Medley facility exposed to amputation, fire, and noise hazards.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement opposing the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 620).
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee held its second scheduled hearing on bipartisan steps Congress should take to stabilize the individual insurance market with Governors from Colorado, Massachusetts, Montana, Tennessee, and Utah. In her opening...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a list of suggested steps U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos should take to protect survivors of campus assault. According to reports, Secretary DeVos...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), chairwoman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, today announced that Rob Green has joined the Committee staff as Workforce Policy Director.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: The Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), today held a hearing to examine the sharing economy and consider how it relates to our nation’s workforce policies.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Following an agreement between Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN), today the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee held the first of four scheduled hearings on bipartisan steps Congress should take to stabilize the individual...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: On Wednesday, September 6, at 10:00 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a hearing to examine the sharing economy and policies relating to this emerging workforce. The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement praising the Department of Education’s decision to end its Memorandum of Understanding with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding the oversight of student loan servicing...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on a federal judge’s flawed decision to rule against the Obama Administration overtime rule. The updated overtime rule would help provide economic security for millions of working families by making 4.2 million low-wage workers eligible for overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours a week.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, August 31 - Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today announced that on September 14 the Senate’s health committee will meet to hear testimony from health care stakeholders representing doctors, hospitals, insurers, patients, and insurance commissioners.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 31, 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 the Trump Administration’s decision to dramatically scale back efforts to help people get covered during the upcoming enrollment period.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, August 31 - Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today announced that on September 12 the Senate’s health committee will meet to hear testimony from health care experts on ways to increase state flexibility in the individual health insurance market.
