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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 approved the nomination of Thomas Perez to serve as U.S. Secretary of Labor. The HELP Committee held a hearing for Perez in April and favorably reported his nomination in May.

Bipartisan Group of Senators Reach Deal to Lower Rates for All Students

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA)-working with U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Richard Burr (R-NC), Angus King (I-ME), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Tom Carper (D-DE), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Dick Durbin (D-IL)-introduced a...

VIDEO RELEASE: Kline Urges Passage of Student Success Act

News Release: The House of Representatives is currently debating the Student Success Act (H.R. 5), legislation to rewrite federal K-12 education law.

After Year-Long Investigation, Senate HELP Committee Chairman Tom Harkin Releases Report Showing ADA’s Promise of Integration is Not Being Met for Many Americans with Disabilities

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-A Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee report unveiled today by Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) revealed that 14 years later, many states are failing to live up to the integration mandate of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Supreme Court ruled in Olmstead...

Obama Regulatory Czar Refuses to Testify on Employer Mandate Delay

By DOL Newswire | Jul 17, 2013

News Release: Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) released the following joint statement today after Howard Shelanski, administrator for the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), declined to testify at an upcoming hearing on the employer mandate delay...

Kline, Roe Praise Passage of Legislation to Delay ObamaCare Mandates

By DOL Newswire | Jul 17, 2013

News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) released the following statements today after the House passed legislation that would delay enforcement of the health care law’s employer mandate (H.R. 2667) and individual mandate (H.R. 2668) for one year...

Statement of Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) at the HELP Committee Hearing: “Pooled Retirement Plans: Closing the Retirement Plan Coverage Gap for Small Businesses”

News Release: “I would like to thank all of you for coming to the latest in our ongoing series of hearings on the retirement system. Today, we are going to focus on the fact that most people employed by small businesses simply are not being offered good retirement benefits. And we are going to look at whether we can address this problem by allowing groups of small employers to reduce cost, complexity, and risk through pooled retirement plans.

Kline Statement on NLRB Nominations

News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the White House announced President Obama would withdraw the nominations of Sharon Block and Richard Griffin to serve on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)...

Harkin Statement on the National Labor Relations Board

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 on the National Labor Relations Board...

VIDEO RELEASE: During Charter School Visit, House Republicans Highlight Need for K-12 Education Reform

News Release: House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today joined Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Todd Rokita (R-IN), Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL), and Rep. Luke Messer (R-IN) in hosting a roundtable event ...

Harkin, Roberts Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Enable Charities and Cooperatives to Continue to Offer Pensions

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 introduced bipartisan legislation that would make it easier for charities and cooperatives to continue...

Statement by Senator Tom Harkin On the Nominations Crisis and Nominations to the U.S. Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin today delivered a speech on the floor of the Senate on presidential nominations, including President Obama’s nominations to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and for the Secretary position at the Department of Labor (DOL). The Senate HELP Committee held confirmation hearings on the five nominees to the NLRB and for Thomas Perez to serve as Secretary of Labor, and the Committee favorably reported the nominations in May 2013.

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** TODAY: House Republicans to Tour Two Rivers Public Charter School and Hold #StudentSuccess Act Press Conference

News Release: Today at 2:45 p.m. EST, House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) will join Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) and House Republicans to tour Two Rivers Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. and hold a roundtable discussion with parents and D.C. charter school leaders ...

Messer: Student Success Act Gives Parents a Stronger Voice in Our Children’s Schools

News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Republicans today released the final video in a series highlighting the four key principles of the Student Success Act (H.R. 5), legislation to rewrite federal K-12 education law.

Roe, Walberg Invite OMB Official to Testify on Employer Mandate Delay