By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2014
News Release: Dear Attorneys General Miller, Harris, and Sorrell...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: Click the link below to watch a livestream of the event "Senate HELP Committee Chairman Harkin To Unveil New Report on Students Left in Isolation or Physically Restrained in Schools."
By DOL Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) released the following joint statement after the Department of Labor announced in a letter to the committee the withdrawal of controversial enforcement guidance affecting family farms...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a floor speech today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, talked about the growing retirement crisis Americans face and the need to act now to solve it. Many Americans are vastly unprepared for retirement, with...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) released the following statements after the Obama administration announced its latest ObamaCare delay...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-On the heels of an announcement from CVS Caremark that the company plans to pull tobacco products from its more than 7,600 U.S. stores, eight senators-led by Senate HELP Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA)-urged other chain drug stores to follow CVS’ example, remove tobacco products from their shelves, and promote tobacco cessation efforts in its stores.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: On Tuesday, February 11 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a hearing entitled, “Serving Seniors Through the Older Americans Act." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2014
News Release: “There truly is nothing more important than what we as a society do to support our youngest children, and I look forward to a robust discussion on that topic today. I would also like to say, at the outset, that I do not believe there is disagreement about ensuring that children who benefit from federal...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked a restoration of federal unemployment insurance (UI) from moving forward. The proposal, which was fully paid-for, ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today welcomed the announcement that CVS Caremark will stop selling tobacco products at its more than 7,600 stores nationwide. In 1998, Harkin introduced the first comprehensive, ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement today in support of the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) proposal to reform and modernize the union representation process.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: The House Education and the Workforce Committee, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a full committee hearing entitled, “The Foundation for Success: Discussing Early Childhood Education and Care in America." During the hearing, members discussed the federal investment in early childhood development, and explored opportunities to better support the nation’s youngest citizens.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) issued the following statements after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released an “ambush election" rule that significantly alters union election procedures...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Dear Chairman Schumer and Ranking Member Roberts...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing entitled, “OSHA’s Regulatory Agenda: Changing Long-Standing Policies Outside the Public Rulemaking Process." During the hearing, members discussed instances in which the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has significantly altered standards outside the formal regulatory process.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) released the following statements after a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report revealed the president’s health care law could lead to a loss of 2.5 million full-time jobs by 2024...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: “I am pleased to welcome Dr. Vivek Murthy, President Obama’s nominee to be the next U.S. Surgeon General. As the ‘Nation’s Doctor,’ the Surgeon General serves as our nation’s primary spokesperson and advocate on matters of public health and is a critical leader in the response to public health crises...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: On Tuesday, February 4 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled, “OSHA’s Regulatory Agenda: Changing Long-Standing Policies Outside the Public Rulemaking Process." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-This week, U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, unveiled the USA Retirement Funds Act, bold new legislation to tackle the growing retirement crisis and rebuild the private pension system. Policy experts and advocates have weighed in to applaud Harkin’s plan to rebuild the private pension system and improve retirement security for the middle class.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Lamar Alexander (R-TN) issued the following joint statement after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on federal student loan interest rates...
