By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) called on KV Pharmaceuticals to lower the price of Makena, a drug recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prevent premature birth for women who have had at least one prior...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2011
News Release: On Thursday, March 31 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN), will hold a hearing entitled, "The Future of Union Transparency and Accountability." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2011
News Release: This week, the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), held two field hearings in Pennsylvania and New York entitled, “Reviving our Economy: The Role of Higher Education in Job Growth and Development."
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement on the one year anniversary of the job-destroying health care law...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today released the following statement marking tomorrow’s one-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, the new health reform law. As Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Harkin played a central role in shaping and passing the bill, and stood beside the President as he signed it into law on March 23, 2010.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: Next week, the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce will hold two field hearings entitled, “Reviving our Economy: The Role of Higher Education in Job Growth and Development."
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2011
News Release: The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing to review the Department of Education’s proposed gainful employment regulation.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 15, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today released the following statement after the House approved a continuing resolution to fund the government through April 8, 2011...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 15, 2011
News Release: On Thursday, March 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 hearing entitled, "Education Regulations: Roadblocks to Student Choice in Higher Education." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 15, 2011
News Release: The U.S. House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), held a hearing today to examine the negative impact intrusive federal paperwork requirements have on teachers, administrators, and students in elementary and secondary schools.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 14, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement on President Obama’s education speech at Kenmore Middle School...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2011
News Release: The Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee held its first hearing today to examine burdensome regulations imposed on institutions of higher education and accrediting bodies by the U.S. Department of Education.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2011
News Release: On Tuesday, March 15 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), will hold a hearing entitled, "Education Regulations: Burying Schools in Paperwork." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: Today, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held a hearing to investigate the rising cost of employer-provided health care and its impact on workers. Members of the subcommittee heard testimony that described a number of factors contributing to the growing expense, including the Democrats’ recent government takeover of health care.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: “This is the Committee’s fourth hearing focusing on the federal investment in for-profit higher education companies, and whether our $26 billion annual investment in this sector is a good value for students and taxpayers.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) issued the following joint statement after meeting at the White House with education policy makers...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today praising the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s approval of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act (H.R. 471), which includes language to reauthorize the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (D.C. OSP)...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, submitted testimony to the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s hearing, titled “Setting Fiscal Priorities in Health Care Funding." As the first anniversary of the Affordable Care Act nears, Harkin emphasized both the budgetary and consumer benefits that the law provides, making the case for protecting and implementing the new law.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a full committee hearing to review the administration’s Fiscal Year 2012 budget request for the Department of Education. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan served as the hearing witness, offering testimony and answering member questions about the budget proposal.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: On Friday, March 11 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a hearing entitled, "Education Regulations: Federal Overreach into Academic Affairs." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
