By DOL Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Leaders of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce today expressed their commitment to hold the administration accountable to the American people through robust congressional oversight efforts in the 115th Congress. In separate letters to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and subcommittee chairmen wrote...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement today on the withdrawal of CEO Andrew Puzder from consideration for the role of Secretary of Labor under President Trump.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray, D-Wash. and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore. today issued statements following the release of a proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rule related to the individual and small group health insurance markets...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), held a hearing today to discuss reforming the country’s juvenile justice system to promote safe communities and set at-risk youth on the pathway to success.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement after Andy Puzder withdrew his nomination for secretary of labor...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: The House today passed two resolutions of disapproval (H. J. Res. 66 and H. J. Res. 67) to block misguided regulations that would force private-sector workers into government-run IRAs without the long-standing protections provided by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Introduced by ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), held a hearing today to examine the extreme and partisan decisions made by the Democrat-controlled National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and to discuss how Congress and the Trump administration can remedy them.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2017
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce will hold hearings this week to discuss a number of important issues facing America’s workers, job creators, and vulnerable youth. The hearings will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. Puzder: This letter is in reference to my Jan. 25, 2017 request that you voluntarily provide three years of tax returns as I have requested of all of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees and specifically those before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (“HELP").
By DOL Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, today issued the following statement regarding Senate confirmation of Dr. Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: During your hearing before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, your statements regarding the landmark Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) raised concerns among children with disabilities and their parents about your and the Trump administration’s...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, and Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL) have introduced two resolutions of disapproval (H. J. Res 66, H. J. Res 67) to block regulations that jeopardize small business retirement plans, put taxpayers at risk, and undermine the retirement security of working families.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Dear Congressman Price: We write to request information on how, if confirmed as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), you would address President Trump’s Jan. 27, 2017, Executive Order that appears to follow through on his promise to ban Muslims from entering the United...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 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 Congressional Republicans’ efforts to undo new guidelines on the accountability and state plan provisions under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and advocates held a press conference today urging Senate Republicans to postpone Rep. Tom Price’s (R-GA) confirmation vote to be Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) until outstanding concerns regarding his medical stock trades...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Senate confirmed Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education in a tie vote of 50-50, broken by Vice President Mike Pence. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led Senate Democrats in a 24-hour...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: The House voted today to block two flawed Obama administration regulations that, if implemented, would expand the federal role in education and diminish the ability for state and local leaders to make decisions affecting their students, teachers, and schools.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), held a hearing today to examine the opportunities and challenges facing America’s higher education system, as well as discuss possible reforms to improve the Higher Education Act.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, today issued the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 7, 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 nomination of Andrew Puzder as Secretary of Labor.
