By DOL Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: CANTON, Ohio - Republic Steel, an automotive steel manufacturer, faces $279,578 in proposed penalties from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration after agency investigators found workers at its Canton plant exposed to machine hazards and lead.
By DOL Newswire | May 19, 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 reports that President Trump’s proposed budget will include an unfunded paid family leave plan that falls short for millions of families.
By DOL Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing to examine regulatory barriers facing workers and families saving for retirement. Members discussed the need to protect workers and small businesses from the flawed fiduciary rule, which ...
By DOL Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on reports that President Trump plans to propose massive cuts to education initiatives.
By DOL Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House 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 statements after President Trump signed H. J. Res 66 into law. Authored by Rep. Walberg, ...
By DOL Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), today approved with unanimous support bipartisan legislation to improve career and technical education (CTE). Introduced by Reps. Glenn “GT" Thompson (R-PA) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), the Strengthening Career ...
By DOL Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Representative Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) introduced the Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act (FDCA) of 2017, a bill to amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to prohibit credit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
By DOL Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Representatives Susan Davis (D-Calif.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.) introduced the Pell Grant Preservation & Expansion Act today that will expand and permanently safeguard the Pell Grant program, helping millions of low-income...
By DOL Newswire | May 16, 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 11 Senate Democrats called on President Trump to drop any attempts to implement the proposed 18 percent reduction laid out in his proposed budget and cuts...
By DOL Newswire | May 16, 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 reports that Curtis Ellis, a Steve Bannon ally with a history of xenophobic comments, is a finalist to run the Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB).
By DOL Newswire | May 16, 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 in response to a letter from Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tom Price seeking to restructure the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) user fee program.
By DOL Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the expected release of guidance implementing the expanded “Global Gag Rule" by the Trump Administration.
By DOL Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at 8:30 a.m., Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, will deliver remarks at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Chairwoman Foxx will discuss the need to change the narrative surrounding career and technical education, as well as highlight bipartisan efforts to strengthen CTE and help more Americans succeed in the 21st century workforce.
By DOL Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will meet this week to mark up H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. Additionally, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Tim ...
By DOL Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a markup to advance legislation reauthorizing the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) user fee programs, which...
By DOL Newswire | May 10, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A federal appeals court has affirmed that Pan Am Railways, Inc. must pay $260,000 in punitive and compensatory damages to - and take corrective action on behalf of - an employee who was subjected to retaliation for filing a Federal Railroad Safety Act whistleblower complaint.
By DOL Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: The Honorable Lamar Alexander. Chairman, Committee on. Health, Education, Labor & Pensions. U.S. Senate. Washington, DC 20510. The Honorable Orrin Hatch. Chairman, Committee on Finance. U.S. Senate. Washington, DC 20510. Senators Alexander and Hatch, In light of reports of ongoing, secret negotiations...
By DOL Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: Rep. Bradley Byrne, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, introduced the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Clarification Act (H.R. 2354), legislation to ensure workers and employers in the recreational maritime repair industry have access to affordable workers’ compensation coverage.
By DOL Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement today on the withdrawal of Mark Green from consideration for the role of Army Secretary under President Trump...
By DOL Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement about President Trump’s Army Secretary nominee, Dr. Mark Green.
