By DOL Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: On Tuesday, October 29 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), will hold a hearing entitled, “Strengthening the Multiemployer Pension System: How Will Proposed Reforms Affect Employers, Workers, and Retirees?" The latest in a series of hearings on multiemployer pension reform, the hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is extending the public comment period for an additional 47 days on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a voluntary recall of certain sterile products supplied by Specialty Medicine Compounding Pharmacy in South Lyon, Michigan because “unidentified particulate matter was found floating in a sterile product from the same lot...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 22, 2013
News Release: With broad bipartisan support, the House of Representatives today passed legislation to help keep children safe from sexual predators and other violent adults in their schools.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 7, 2013
News Release: The following hearings scheduled for the week of October 7, 2013 have been postponed...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: The following hearings scheduled for the week of Sept. 30, 2013 have been postponed...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-A bipartisan group of Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee senators-Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA), Ranking Member Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Senator Al Franken (D-MN), Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS), Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Senator Richard Burr (R-NC)-today...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-A broad range of stakeholders has endorsed the Drug Quality and Security Act, legislation introduced by Senate and House health policy leaders this week to address high-risk drug compounding practices and secure the pharmaceutical supply chain. The bill would improve drug safety and help prevent a future public health crisis like the 2012 meningitis outbreak tied to the New England Compounding Center.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 27, 2013
News Release: On Tuesday, October 1st 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: Simplifying Federal Student Aid." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: Dear Mr. Weiss: We write to express our concern about the marketing and sale of electronic cigarettes to minors. Electronic cigarettes, also called e-cigarettes and e-cigs, are battery-operated products that simulate traditional cigarettes by converting cartridges typically filled with addictive nicotine, ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 26, 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 released a report on the ‘ADA Generation’-the young men and women who have come of age since the Americans With Disabilities Act was enacted-that offers bold steps to improve the employment of these young Americans as they seek competitive employment. Chairman Harkin was the Senate author of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the debate over funding of the government continues, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today took to the floor of the U.S. Senate to make a strong defense of the Affordable Care Act.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Leaders from the Senate and House committees overseeing health policy today announced that they have reached an agreement on legislation to help ensure the safety of compounded drugs and our nation’s pharmaceutical supply chain. This legislation, the Drug Quality and Security Act, reflects...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today released the following statement in response to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) showing that Iowa’s soon-to-open health insurance marketplace, created as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), will offer Iowans health insurance choice and affordability.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-A bipartisan group of Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee senators-Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA), Ranking Member Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Senator Al Franken (D-MN), Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS), Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Senator Richard Burr (R-NC)-today...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 24, 2013
News Release: “In the late 1970s, a group of researchers began to examine reports of patient deaths and injuries caused by anesthesia. They found wide variation in quality, and a disturbing incidence of medical errors, leading to 6,000 deaths or serious injuries annually. ABC’s “20/20" news program covered the study, and the modern patient safety movement was born.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 20, 2013
News Release: The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), today convened a hearing entitled, “Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Jobs: A Discussion on Career and Technical Education and Training Programs." During the hearing, members listened ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 20, 2013
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) have requested information on two rules finalized by the Department of Labor affecting the nondiscrimination and affirmative action requirements of federal contractors.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: “Today’s hearing marks the kick-off of the reauthorization process of the Higher Education Act here in the Senate. The Committee will hold a series of twelve hearings over the coming months to analyze the many aspects of our higher education system and how it can be improved. These hearings will range...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today applauded news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s second 2013 "Tips From Former Smokers" campaign, which produced more than 150,000 additional calls to a central tobacco quitline and generated almost 2.8 million additional visitors...
