By DOL Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Dear Senators McConnell and Hatch: We write with serious concern about Senate Republicans’ rush to confirm Rep. Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services, despite outstanding and significant questions about his qualifications and ethical conduct. The Senate has a responsibility to thoroughly...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to cancel outreach about open enrollment, which ends on January 31st.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on the announcement that a hearing on President Trump’s nominee for the Department of Labor, CEO Andrew Puzder, will be delayed for a third time until February 7th.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, following criticism from U.S. Senator Patty Murray, top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, the Trump Administration cited a “misunderstanding" and released a weekly public list of active investigations into potentially mishandled cases of sexual assault on college campuses, as the Department of Education has done for the last two years.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. Puzder: I write to inquire when the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee might expect to see the required Committee paperwork in advance of your hearing, which is currently scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, and to reiterate my request that all of President Trump’s...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on reports that the Trump Administration failed this week to provide a public update on active investigations into campus sexual assault, which the Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Education has provided consistently over the last two years.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: DENVER, CO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited four employers - Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Energes Services LLC, Dominguez Welding LLC, and Unlimited Services LLC - for exposing employees to health and safety hazards at an oil and gas tank...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Led by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate health committee, today Senate Democrats spoke on the Senate floor to condemn recent threats by President Trump and Congressional Republicans to women’s constitutionally protected reproductive health care rights. The...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the Collins-Cassidy proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: Dear Commissioners: We write to request an investigation of the stock market trading activities of Representative Tom Price, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Recent disclosures about Rep. Price’s financial dealings raise serious questions about...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce will hold its organizational meeting on Tuesday, January 24th, at 11:15 a.m. in 2175 Rayburn House Office Building. At the organizational meeting, members will consider adoption of the committee rules and oversight plan.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 20, 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 joint statement following President Trump's executive action on Obamacare...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez renewed the charter of the Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that all advisory committees renew their charters every two years.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The National Railroad Passenger Corp., better known as Amtrak, retaliated against a supervisory special agent in its inspector general's office when he raised concerns about railroad safety, fraud and abuse involving an Amtrak contractor and when he supported a fellow agent's safety concerns during an internal investigation, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Chairman Todd Rokita (R-IN) today issued the following joint statement after the Department of Education withdrew its proposed "supplement, not supplant" regulation...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: COSHOCTON, Ohio - A follow-up inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found a casting and foundry facility operator continues to expose workers to machine and fall hazards at its Coshocton plant.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: GREEN BAY, Wis. - In less than 10 days in 2016, two employees at a Green Bay muffler component manufacturer suffered severe injuries as they operated machinery without adequate safety guards and procedures in place, federal workplace safety investigators have determined.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: Employer name: BHC Northwest Psychiatric Hospital LLC, doing business as Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital. BHC Northwest Psychiatric Hospital LLC, doing business as Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital. Inspection site: 7170 Lafayette Ave. 7170 Lafayette Ave. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Fort Washington, ...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: Employer name: County Concrete Corp. County Concrete Corp. Inspection site: 64 Glenwood Pl. 64 Glenwood Pl. East Orange, New Jersey. East Orange, New Jersey. Citations issued: On Jan. 4, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for one...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Tonight, during a confirmation hearing for President-elect Trump’s nominee for U.S. Secretary of Education, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) expressed serious concerns regarding Betsy DeVos’ long record fighting to privatize public schools and gut public education. Sen. Murray also...
