By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement after meeting with Scott Gottlieb, President Trump’s nominee for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement on the nomination of Alexander Acosta as Secretary of Labor. Acosta was nominated following the withdrawal of Andrew Puzder, President Trump’s initial nominee for the Department.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - The Federal Highway Administration, the state of Georgia, local government organizations and employers are partnering with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration to sponsor one-hour events to train road workers on the dangers of distracted drivers, flying debris and other objects during National Highway Work Zone Awareness Week, April 3-7.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), held an oversight hearing today to discuss failures and inefficiencies that have led to the mishandling of taxpayer dollars by grantees funded by the Center for National and Community Service (CNCS).
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), ranking member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, released the following statements today on President Trump signing...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Paul Mitchell (R-MI) released the following statements after President Trump signed H. J. Res 37 into law. The resolution blocks the Obama administration’s flawed and unnecessary “blacklisting" rule under the Congressional Review Act.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: President Trump today signed a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act that blocks a flawed Obama administration regulation related to teacher preparation programs. Introduced in the House by Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), chairman of the Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee, ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: President Trump today signed a resolution to rescind the Obama administration’s final regulation implementing accountability provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) - a victory for local school boards over a National School Board and an affirmation that Congress writes the law, not the Department of Education. After the president’s signature overturning the Obama-era regulation, House and Senate education committee leaders today released the following statements...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce will hold hearings this week to conduct oversight of the Corporation for National and Community Service and discuss H.R. 986, the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017. The hearings will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Bobby Scott (D-VA), chair and ranking member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, respectively; Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA), the chair and ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, respectively; ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement on the decision by President Trump and Speaker Ryan to pull Trumpcare from the House floor.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, today issued the following statement on the American Health Care Act...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 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 the Trump Administration’s decision to appoint Roger Severino, Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS):
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, on the seventh anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) being signed into law, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate health committee, took to the Senate floor to call on Republican leaders to drop the harmful House Republican Trumpcare bill that would...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 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 the updated Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score of the House Republican Trumpcare bill...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: The House of Representatives today passed the Small Business Health Fairness Act (H.R. 1101), legislation that would expand health care coverage and lower costs for working families. Introduced by Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX), chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, and Rep. Tim Walberg ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a delay in the effective date of the rule titled "Occupational Exposure to Beryllium, " from March 21, 2017, to May 20, 2017.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 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 today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, a case about the level of educational benefit school districts must provide students with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA):
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today questioned Alexander Acosta, nominee for Secretary of Labor, about his commitment to prioritize workers and the mission of the Labor Department at a HELP Committee...
