By DOL Newswire | Jun 5, 2014
News Release: Since a bipartisan, bicameral group of legislators announced a deal to improve the nation’s workforce development system through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), a broad array of labor, business, and workforce development leaders, as well as governors and mayors from around the country, has expressed support for the proposal.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Kay Hagan (D-NC) today introduced new legislation to protect servicemembers and veterans in response to the Justice Department’s recent settlement with Sallie Mae, a student lending corporation that violated federal law and charged servicemembers excessive...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Since a bipartisan, bicameral group of legislators announced a deal to improve the nation’s workforce development system through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), a broad array of labor, business, and workforce development leaders, as well as governors and mayors from around the country, has expressed support for the proposal.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today applauded the confirmation of Sylvia Mathews Burwell to serve as the next U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. The Senate confirmed her nomination by a vote of 78 to 17. The HELP Committee held the Senate’s first hearing for Burwell on May 8.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today joined a group of 20 senators in calling on state governors to expand Medicaid in their states under the Affordable Care Act. In a letter to the 18 governors who have yet...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Senate should act to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (CRPD) now that the Supreme Court has ruled in the case of Bond v. United States, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) said today. Harkin is the Senate author of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act and has helped lead the fight in the Senate to ratify the CRPD. He serves as Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee.
By DOL Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Member Luke Messer (R-IN) today introduced legislation in response to the challenges facing schools as the result of the president’s health care law. The Safeguarding Classrooms Hurt by ObamaCare’s Obligatory Levies (SCHOOL) Act (H.R. 4775) would exempt schools, colleges, and universities from the health care law’s employer mandate.
By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Lawmakers in both the Senate and House today introduced legislation to protect students from unfair banking practices involving campus-sponsored financial products and to preserve the integrity of federal student aid programs.
By DOL Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: Today, a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers announced that they have reached a deal to improve the nation’s workforce development system through new legislation, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The bill, which will now be considered by both the House and Senate, modernizes ...
By DOL Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers announced that they have reached a deal to improve the nation’s workforce development system through new legislation, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The bill, which will now be considered by both the House and Senate, ...
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, U.S. Sens. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Al Franken (D-MN), Pat Roberts (R-KS), and John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced a bipartisan bill to help rural communities address the challenges they face when it comes to providing quality health care.
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: “America’s working women have made incredible strides in the workplace. And as women succeed, America succeeds and our economy succeeds. But huge challenges remain. Too many working women are stuck in poor-quality, low-wage jobs, living in or near poverty, struggling to make ends meet.
By DOL Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Dear Secretary Duncan: We applaud your continued leadership in protecting students, including veterans, service members and their families, from predatory career education programs and we appreciate the Department of Education's ongoing efforts to enforce the statutory requirement that all career education...
By DOL Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: “We have convened this hearing to examine the state of tobacco use and regulation in the United States - both the extraordinary public health efforts that have driven down tobacco use and the enormous challenges that remain.
By DOL Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today introduced the Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act of 2014, legislation that would end the federal tax subsidy for unhealthy...
By DOL Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement after the HELP Committee approved the Strong Start for America’s Children Act, legislation he introduced in November to expand access to high-quality...
By DOL Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: “Today, we will mark up the Strong Start for America’s Children Act. I introduced this bill last November along with Congressmen George Miller and Richard Hanna, and it has received broad support from more than a quarter of the members of the Senate and the House combined. The bill enjoys bipartisan...
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after today’s law enforcement announcement against Sallie Mae for violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
By DOL Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: The House of Representatives today approved the Success and Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act (H.R. 10) with strong bipartisan support in a vote of 360 to 45. Introduced by House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Senior Democratic Member George Miller (D-CA), the legislation supports state efforts to start, expand, and replicate high-performing charter schools.
By DOL Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: Dear Commissioner Hamburg: We write to bring to your attention two new studies, recently reported in The New York Times, describing the harmful chemicals, including formaldehyde, that are sometimes released in the plume of vapor from certain high powered e-cigarettes. As you review comments submitted...
