By DOL Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today praised an effort from President Barack Obama to partner with private companies to develop the best practices for hiring and recruiting the long-term unemployed. According to the White House, more than 300 companies-including Des Moines-based Principal...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 31, 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 the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, Education and Justice, along with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 30, 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 announced that another bipartisan, HELP Committee-led bill passed the Senate. The bill supports and improves critical programs to identify, diagnose, and treat medical...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - At a Newsmaker press conference at the National Press Club today, U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, unveiled bold new legislation to tackle the growing retirement crisis and rebuild the private pension system. Harkin’s...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today announced a full committee hearing to discuss early childhood education and care programs.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 29, 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 eight nominees. The approved nominees include: Michael Keith Yudin to serve as Assistant Secretary for Special...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 29, 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, said that the President’s announcement in last night’s State of the Union that he would sign an executive order to raise the minimum wage for new federal...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 29, 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 Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS), a member of the HELP Committee, today applauded unanimous Senate passage of a bipartisan bill that would make it easier for charities and cooperatives...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 28, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), today held a hearing entitled, “Keeping College Within Reach: Sharing Best Practices for Serving Low-Income and First Generation Students." During the hearing, members learned about institutional efforts to better serve disadvantaged students, while also exploring opportunities to strengthen related federal programs and initiatives.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 28, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today welcomed the news that President Obama will use his State of the Union address this evening to call for raising the minimum wage through Executive Order to $10.10 for federal contract workers. He will also call on Congress to finish the job for all workers by passing the bill Harkin and Rep. George Miller (D-CA) have introduced to raise the minimum wage to $10.10.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 28, 2014
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statements in recognition of National School Choice Week (January 26-Feb 1)...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: Region 5 News Release: 14-7-CHI. Jan. 27, 2014. Contact: Scott Allen Rhonda Burke. Phone: 312-353-6976. Email: allen.scott@dol.gov burke.rhonda@dol.gov. CLEVELAND - J.B. Stamping Inc. has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 21 safety violations found...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: Region 5 News Release: 14-116-CHI. Jan. 27, 2014. Contact: Scott Allen Rhonda Burke. Phone: 312-353-6976. Email: allen.scott@dol.gov burke.rhonda@dol.gov. CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has established an alliance with the Chicago Roofing Contractors...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is extending the public comment period for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica for an additional 15 days to Feb. 11, 2014.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: On Tuesday, January 28th 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,“Keeping College Within Reach: Sharing Best Practices for Serving Low-income and First Generation Students." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 23, 2014
News Release: Region 4 News Release: 14-42-ATL (13)
By DOL Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a statement submitted this week to the Congressional Record, U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, marked the 50th anniversary of the landmark Surgeon General report on smoking and health.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement on the retirement of former committee chairman Howard P. “Buck" McKeon (R-CA)...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA), Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today highlighted a report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that found seniors who had continuous health insurance coverage prior to enrolling in Medicare were associated with better health outcomes and reduced costs to Medicare.
