By DOL Newswire | Apr 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on Equal Pay Day, which falls on April 17th to mark the extra days a woman would have to work beyond 2011 and into 2012 to match the average wages of a man in 2011 alone.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 17, 2012
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing on the Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 (H.R. 4297). The legislation would strengthen job training and employment services for workers and employers.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 16, 2012
News Release: On Wednesday, April 18th, 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, “Reviewing the Impact of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ Regulatory and Enforcement Actions." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 13, 2012
News Release: On Tuesday, April 17 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a legislative hearing on the Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 (H.R. 4297). The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 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 March...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 5, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement on the two year anniversary of the Upper Big Branch mining disaster...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 4, 2012
News Release: Today the bipartisan working group of Senators Harkin, Enzi, Alexander, Bennet, Blumenthal, Burr, Casey, Corker, Franken, Hagan, Isakson, Kirk, Klobuchar, Merkley, Mikulski, Murkowski, Murray, and Roberts release a bipartisan Prescription Drug Shortages Draft: Click here to view the pdf.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 2, 2012
News Release: Dear Member Flynn: On March 19, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board Inspector General issued a report detailing the results of his investigation of improper conduct you were alleged to have committed while you were a chief counsel on the Board’s staff. His findings of ethics misconduct, including...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced the Rebuild America Act, a far-reaching bill that will create jobs, restore fairness to the tax code, and rebuild America's middle class through investments in areas like education and workforce training, our nation's infrastructure, manufacturing...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: Today, members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce introduced a comprehensive proposal to reform the nation’s network of job training programs. The Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 (H.R. 4297) consolidates more than 20 programs into one flexible Workforce Investment Fund, ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: Inefficiencies in the implementation and management of the federal Direct Loan program may be creating headaches for students and putting borrowers’ credit at risk, according to a letter sent today by several House and Senate Republicans to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing entitled, “Learning from the Upper Big Branch Tragedy." The hearing examined the findings of numerous investigations and reviews related to the 2010 mining disaster in Montcoal, West Virginia that took the lives of 29 miners. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Joe Main testified at the hearing.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2012
News Release: On Tuesday, March 27 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled “Learning from the Upper Big Branch Tragedy." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2012
News Release: On Wednesday, March 28 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled “Reviewing the President’s Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Proposal for the U.S. Department of Education." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Office of Inspector General for the National Labor Relations Board issued a report documenting allegations of ethical misconduct by recess appointee Terence Flynn...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2012
News Release: Today, House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) joined House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY), and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) released the following statements marking the two-year anniversary of President Obama signing his health care reform plan into law...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2012
News Release: “Our topic today is ‘Stay-at-work and Return-to-work Strategies: Lessons from the Private Sector.’ This is the latest in a series of hearings we have convened since last March to explore issues that impact the employment of people with disabilities in America. Of course, our goal is to boost the labor...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, spoke on the floor of the Senate to commemorate the second anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act, the health reform law that he helped to craft. Harkin cited the real world...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 20, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) has requested additional funding for Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
