By DOL Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: “We are meeting here today to better understand what caused one of the worst public health crises this country has experienced in recent years: the meningitis outbreak that has claimed the lives of 32 Americans and sickened at least 461 people.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 13, 2012
News Release: The House of Representatives today approved the Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act (H.R. 6371), legislation that moves responsibility for wage claims adjustments for workers employed by federal contractors from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to the Department of Labor. Sponsored by Representative Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, the bill received bipartisan support in a vote of 361 to 3.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 5, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Representative Judy Biggert (R-IL), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Mike Enzi (R-WY), Senator Lamar ...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 5, 2012
News Release: The most recent jobs report reveals that unemployment is once again on the rise and millions of Americans are struggling to find work. President Obama’s failed policies have made it more difficult to find a job that offers a 40-hour work week. One painful example is the president’s government takeover ...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 2, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released employment data for October...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 1, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Obama administration once again failed to publish a list of economically significant regulations under development as required by federal law...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 31, 2012
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), along with Representatives Kristi Noem (R-SD) and Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) today asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate the impact of new requirements under the National School Lunch Program on students, schools, and taxpayers.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: A day after his inauguration, President Obama promised his administration would be defined by its openness and transparency, proudly declaring, "I will also hold myself, as president, to a new standard of openness….Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency." Sadly, the ...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA), Ranking Member Mike Enzi (R-WY) and members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions issued letters requesting documents to aid in the committee’s investigation into the recent fungal meningitis outbreak, which has sickened more than...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: Policy Options Draft for Stakeholder Discussion
By DOL Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) this week released a report titled “The Imperial Presidency" that highlights the Obama administration’s pattern of executive overreach.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 19, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Mike Enzi (R-WY), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today sent ...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 18, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) today sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius requesting answers on a significantly delayed report intended to shed light on the long-term efficacy of the Head Start program.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 18, 2012
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Representative Kristi Noem (R-SD), and Representative Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) today urged U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to reexamine the new meal pattern and nutrition requirements for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 9, 2012
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), along with Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Representative Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN), expanded the committee’s oversight of the Obama administration’s controversial actions concerning sequestration and ...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 5, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released employment data for September...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 2, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) responded today to a Department of Labor Office of Inspector General report on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) internal accountability program. Chairman Kline requested the review last year to determine the agency’s progress in implementing the recommendations of a 2007 Inspector General report, as well as recommendations proposed by MSHA’s accountability office.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has enhanced its variances Webpage to improve public understanding of the variance approval process and increase access to the Agency's decisions on variance requests. The page now lists both denied and approved requests and provides information to employers on submitting formal requests for a variance from an OSHA workplace standard.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 24, 2012
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), along with Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Representative Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) today renewed a request for documents and communications related to the development of guidance concerning sequestration ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 20, 2012
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives approved with bipartisan support H.J.Res. 118, a resolution disapproving of the Obama administration’s attempt to roll back key welfare reforms...
