By DOL Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a floor speech today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, said that Congress has a duty to make sure the people who do the work that makes our country run get a fair chance to aspire to the American Dream. He highlighted...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-A report released at the request of Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and Rep. George Miller (D-CA), senior Democrat on the House Education & the Workforce Committee-along with Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Rep. Sandy...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 14, 2013
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement on the one year anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
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 Senate confirmed Chai Feldblum to continue serving as a Commissioner at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The HELP Committee approved Feldblum’s nomination in October.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: “Today’s hearing is the fourth in our series examining critical issues in postsecondary education ahead of the reauthorization the Higher Education Act. I said at our first hearing that we would spend time examining each player in the regulatory ‘triad’ that oversees colleges. Today we will take a close look at our accreditation system.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: Republican leaders on the House Education and the Workforce Committee today released a letter seeking feedback from the American people about the effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on the nation’s education system. The letter is the committee’s latest effort to examine the impact of the health care law on K-12 schools, universities, and colleges.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: "It’s great to be back at the Center for American Progress, a real intellectual center of progressive policy development.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-An investigation into the federal contracting process unveiled today by U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, revealed widespread labor law violations among major government contractors. The investigation found...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: Mr. President, I rise today to speak about one of the most important jobs the Senate must do before we go home for the holidays-extend federal unemployment insurance benefits. This is a program that has helped tens of millions of Americans weather the storm of the difficult economy over the last several years. It has helped workers put food on the table, kept a roof over their heads, and kept millions out of poverty.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2013
News Release: “Today I am very pleased to welcome Dr. David Weil as the nominee to administer the Wage and Hour Division at the Department of Labor. The Wage and Hour Division oversees some of the most fundamental protections for American workers: it ensures that people are paid fairly in accordance with our minimum...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Dear Majority Leader Reid, Republican Leader McConnell, Chairman Baucus, and Ranking Member Hatch...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
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 on the November employment numbers, showing the unemployment rate dropped from 7.3 percent to 7.0 percent in November, with more than 200,000 jobs added to the economy...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The failure of a Victor-based optical equipment manufacturer to correct serious safety hazards has resulted in $131,600 in additional fines from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s speech addressing income inequality and the need to raise the minimum wage.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
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: Strengthening the Pell Grant Program for Future Generations." The 11th hearing in a series designed to prepare for the Higher Education Act reauthorization, today’s discussion provided members an opportunity to examine proposals to improve the Pell Grant program.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) today issued the following joint statement after expanding oversight of the Obama administration’s unilateral attempts to address union concerns with the health care law...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA)-Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and Senate author of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act-renewed his call for the Senate to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
By DOL Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: Representative Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, today introduced the Protecting Health Care Providers from Increased Administrative Burdens Act (H.R. 3633). The legislation would prevent the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs ...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 2, 2013
News Release: On Wednesday, December 4th at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled, “Examining Recent Actions by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 29, 2013
News Release: On Tuesday, December 3rd 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: Strengthening Pell Grants for Future Generations." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
