By DOL Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: “Today we will mark up the Workforce Investment Act of 2013, a bill to reauthorize our nation’s primary workforce development system. Our actions today are crucial and long overdue - the last reauthorization of this law expired in 2003. With this mark-up, we have the opportunity to strengthen the foundations of the existing system while modernizing it further to help workers get the service and skills they need and to help our businesses grow.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Tom Harkin (D-IA), and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) applauded the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee vote to pass reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). The bill passed through the committee by a 18-3 vote, and will now be considered by the full Senate.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: The House of Representatives today approved with bipartisan support a final version of H.R. 1911, the Smarter Solutions for Students Act (also known as the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act as amended by the Senate).
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 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 today after the Senate confirmed five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The HELP Committee held confirmation hearings for the nominees in May and earlier this month.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released the following statement today on the 23rd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Harkin was the Senate sponsor of the ADA and delivered the first-ever...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Senate HELP Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA), and Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Lamar Alexander (R-TN) introduced a bipartisan bill to re-authorize the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), legislation first passed...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - A bipartisan coalition of senators on the U.S. Senate committee overseeing health policy today urged Senate action on their legislation to help prevent another compounding crisis like the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that has led to 61 deaths and 749 illnesses, as well as protect the nation’s drug supply chain for the nearly 4 billion prescriptions filled annually by establishing a uniform, national prescription drug-tracing framework.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 24, 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 today after the HELP Committee approved two nominees-Kent Hirozawa and Nancy Schiffer-to serve on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The HELP Committee has now approved a full slate of five nominees to the NLRB, having voted to advance three additional nominees this past May.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 24, 2013
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today approved with bipartisan support the Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 2637). Introduced by Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) ...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 24, 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 the following statement after Senate approval of a proposal that will lower interest rates for all borrowers who have taken out, or will take out, a new federal student loan after July 1, 2013. As part of the bipartisan compromise, Senator Harkin secured caps on all loans, including an 8.25% cap on all undergraduate loans.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today issued the following statement responding to a speech delivered by President Obama on the economy today. Harkin, as Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, authored the Rebuild America Act, far-reaching legislation that...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-On the four-year anniversary of the last minimum wage increase, U.S. 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 and the Workforce Committee, today pointed to new polling data showing broad, bipartisan support for legislation they have introduced to raise the minimum wage.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 24, 2013
News Release: House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Senate amended and approved House-passed legislation to tie student loan interest rates to the market...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), and the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a joint hearing to examine the Obama administration’s recent decision to delay enforcement of the health care law’s employer mandate. The delay was announced through a blog post on the Treasury Department’s website just days before the July Fourth holiday.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: “Today’s hearing is the result of a bipartisan deal that was reached to allow for a fully-confirmed National Labor Relations Board for the first time in a decade. A fully-confirmed, fully-functional Board will be a huge step forward for workers, employers, and our country. Indeed, I hope that this agreement...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health Aug. 22-23, 2013, in Washington, D.C.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: On Wednesday, July 24 at 10:00 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will mark up the Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 2637). The markup will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.--U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) released the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5, a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Earlier this year, the Senate HELP Committee passed its own ESEA reauthorization, the Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: The House of Representatives today approved the Student Success Act (H.R. 5). Sponsored by House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Todd Rokita (R-IN), the legislation would rewrite the nation's K-12 education law.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Senior Democratic Member Joe Courtney (D-CT) today introduced the Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act (H.R. 2747), legislation that moves responsibility for wage claims adjustments for federally contracted workers from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to the Department of Labor.
