By DOL Newswire | Mar 20, 2012
News Release: The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing entitled, “Ensuring Regulations Protect Access to Affordable and Quality Companion Care." The hearing examined a Labor Department regulatory proposal that would make it more costly for individuals to receive in-home care.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 19, 2012
News Release: On Wednesday, March 21 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 Labor." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 19, 2012
News Release: On Tuesday, March 20 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled “Ensuring Regulations Protect Access to Affordable and Quality Companion Care." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 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 February...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) lauded last night’s Senate approval of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization (PAHPA). As Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Harkin has led this bipartisan effort to ensure that our nation is prepared to respond to a wide range of medical and public health emergencies, whether naturally occurring or the result of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear attack.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 7, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced the Re-empowerment of Skilled and Professional Employees and Construction Tradeworkers (RESPECT) Act. This legislation would modify present law to ensure workers are not stripped of their union protection.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) cited new data released today by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as further evidence that civil rights are still a struggle in many of America’s schools. The results of the Civil Rights Data Collection just released for the 2009-2010 school year reveal disparities...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) issued the following statements today on the internal review of the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) actions surrounding the 2010 Upper Big Branch tragedy...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement in honor of the late Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ)...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: Due to the death of Representative Donald M. Payne (D-NJ), a senior member of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, tomorrow’s hearing entitled, "Ensuring Regulations Protect Access to Affordable and Quality Companion Care," has been postponed.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: On Wednesday, March 7 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled “Ensuring Regulations Protect Access to Affordable and Quality Companion Care." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today announced that he has named Mildred Otero as the Majority’s new Chief Education Counsel.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 2, 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 today issued the following joint statement commending the federal District Court for the District of Columbia for striking down a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) scheme that would have punished employers for failing to post a biased notice of workers’ labor rights...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today commended the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) for addressing a flaw in its internal operations that withheld important safety information from mine operators.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2012
News Release: This week, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce approved two pieces of legislation to revamp K-12 education law. During committee consideration of the Student Success Act (H.R. 3989) and the Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act (H.R. 3990), Republicans discussed ways both pieces of legislation will return control to states and school districts and support better teachers in our nation’s classrooms.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today approved two pieces of legislation to rewrite elementary and secondary education law. The Student Success Act (H.R. 3989) was approved by the committee in a vote of 23 to 16. The Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act (H.R. 3990) was approved in a vote of 23 to 16.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation to repeal two excessive federal regulations affecting colleges and universities. The Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act received bipartisan support in a vote of 303 to 114.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: Today, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce is considering the Student Success Act (H.R. 3989) and the Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act (H.R. 3990). Together, these bills represent a new way forward in K-12 education. Below are a few key endorsements from organizations representing America’s schools, students, and taxpayers...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) today expressed disappointment that the Republicans on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce pushed through two partisan bills to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act despite...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2012
News Release: Tomorrow, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to consider the Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act (H.R. 2117). Sponsored by Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), the bipartisan legislation will repeal two unnecessary federal regulations that impose additional costs on institutions of higher education.
