By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) released the following statement today on the Trust for America’s Health new report “F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future." The report shows that, among other things, adult obesity rates increased in 28 states in the past year, and declined...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today announced the panel will hold a hearing titled “Examining the Continuing Needs of Workers and Communities Affected by 9/11." The goal of this hearing is to learn more about...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s Senior Republican member, issued the following statement today after opposing H.R. 5157, the DISCLOSE Act, legislation to restrict and federally regulate free speech in national elections...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new report raises significant concerns about the return on federal investment in financial aid at for-profit colleges and universities. The report, titled “Emerging Risk?: An Overview of Growth, Spending, Student Debt and Unanswered Questions in For-Profit Higher Education," was...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2010
News Release: To view the report, click on the link "For Profit Emerging Risk Report" under "Related Files".
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2010
News Release: “For more than 50 years, the Federal government has provided students with grants and loans to help pay for college. That’s a public-private partnership between the government and students. It is an investment premised on the idea that a higher education will improve life for the borrower, and also will strengthen our society by giving more Americans the knowledge and skills to get good jobs and give back to their communities.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 23, 2010
News Release: The U.S. House Education and Labor Committee today held a hearing on “Worker Health and Safety from the Oil Rig to the Shoreline." Members heard from the U.S. Coast Guard, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Minerals Management ...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 22, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement praising regulations issued today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that would implement a new Patient’s Bill of Rights under the health...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 21, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today announced the witnesses for the first hearing in a series intended to examine federal education spending at for-profit higher education institutions. The series will examine a broad...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2010
News Release: “I want to welcome everyone to today’s hearing. We’re here today to talk about worker misclassification, an issue of critical importance to millions of working men and women across the country.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: The top Republicans on the House Armed Services, Appropriations, and Education and Labor committees today urged President Obama and Speaker Pelosi to publicly reject efforts to stall a vote on troop funding. Although the Senate approved such a measure in May, action has been delayed in the House because of efforts to include an extraneous state bailout package sought by special interest groups.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Education proposed a broad set of rules and definitions to strengthen the federal student aid programs. The Department is proposing, among the regulations, a requirement that proprietary institutions...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2010
News Release: “Thank you all for attending this important hearing. The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico - more accurately called an oil well blowout - is an unprecedented environmental and human disaster. On April 20, the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig killed 11 workers, a terrible tragedy. The explosion...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 11, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today issued the following statement after President Obama signed an executive order establishing the National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council. The Council was authorized under the new health reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 10, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today announced that he plans to hold a series of hearings to examine federal education spending at for-profit higher education institutions. The hearings will begin June 24th.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 10, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today issued the following statement in honor of the 47th anniversary of the signing of the Equal Pay Act on June 10, 1963. Harkin is a cosponsor of the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would strengthen penalties for discrimination, and has introduced the Fair...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today announced the panel will hold a hearing next week titled “Evaluating the Health Impacts of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill." The hearing will examine the effects of the BP oil spill and its cleanup efforts on public health and what can be done to minimize the negative impacts.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement today after the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a new report entitled “Enhancing Food Safety: The Role of the Food and Drug Administration." In 2008, ...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 4, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s senior Republican member, issued the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Labor announced 41,000 private sector jobs were created in the month of May while 15 million Americans remained without work...
By DOL Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: “I want to welcome everyone to this hearing on an issue of critical importance to workers and businesses alike - the security of our multiemployer pension plans.
