By DOL Newswire | Oct 21, 2009
News Release: "Today we are taking up the President’s nominees for a number of positions that perform important roles in our society - defending workers’ rights, protecting the Constitutional right to counsel, and preserving our rich national traditions in the humanities. I thank Senator Enzi and his staff for working cooperatively with us to move these nominees through the process.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 21, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today cautioned that small businesses and their workers will be harmed by health care proposals that raise taxes and impose costly federal mandates. Kline reacted to today’s announcement from the Obama Administration ...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 20, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today called on Senate Democratic leaders to hold a hearing on the nomination of Service Employees International Union Associate General Counsel Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board. Becker was nominated ...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 19, 2009
News Release: Responding to today’s announcement from the White House that 250,000 education-related jobs have been saved or created as a result of the economic stimulus package enacted earlier this year, the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s top Republican, Rep. John Kline (R-MN), issued the following statement...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 10, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), today released the following statement reacting to the U.S. Department of Labor’s monthly jobs report. According to the report, the economy lost 263,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement on a new report showing state-by-state disparities in health care.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 7, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) today delivered the following opening remarks at the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee’s Executive Session on pending nominations. The Committee met to consider the nominations of M. Patricia Smith, of New York, to be Solicitor...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 7, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee, today announced that the Committee had approved the following pending nominations and sent them to the full Senate for consideration...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 7, 2009
News Release: In light of recent decisions by federal agencies including the Internal Revenue Service and Census Bureau to sever ties with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Rep. John Kline (R-MN) is requesting a review of links between the organization and federal education, labor, and human ...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, three Chairmen - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Congressman George Miller (D-CA), Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, introduced landmark legislation that restores vital civil rights protections for older workers in the face of the Supreme Court’s decision in Gross v. FBL Financial.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: Region 1 News Release: 09-1192-BOS/BOS 2009-330
By DOL Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today joined the entire Republican membership of the HELP Committee in writing Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) to voice opposition to the nomination of Patricia Smith to be Solicitor of the U.S. Department of Labor.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 2, 2009
News Release: This morning, the U.S. Department of Labor reported a loss of 263,000 jobs in the month of September and an increase in the national unemployment rate to 9.8 percent. Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 30, 2009
News Release: Proposing an innovative strategy to reward teachers and principals for improving student academic achievement, Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) today is introducing legislation to establish the Teacher Incentive Fund to strengthen teacher quality improvement programs. Price is joined by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the Education and Labor Committee, in introducing the legislation.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 30, 2009
News Release: Republicans today called attention to the importance of effective teachers in improving student academic achievement and highlighted innovative, locally driven strategies to improve overall teacher quality and reward effective educators. Rep. John Kline (R-MN) offered remarks to open a hearing of the ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2009
News Release: The U.S. Government Accountability Office has concluded that concern among states about prevailing wage requirements has delayed implementation of a $5 billion weatherization program enacted through Democrats’ economic stimulus package.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 23, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today joined colleagues in pressing for a vote on a proposal that would give Members of Congress and the American people at least 72 hours to review legislation before it could receive a vote on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 23, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, is calling for a congressional oversight hearing into allegations that officials with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the White House inappropriately ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 22, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - As the Senate Finance Committee began consideration of itshealth care reform bill today, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., said he would offeramendments to reduce health care costs for average Americans, scale back the totalspending in the bill, and protect American workers from new taxes and costly mandates.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 21, 2009
News Release: Every day, families across America rely on the Food and Drug Administration in ways they barely realize. When they put dinner on the table, they are counting on FDA to see that it is free from contamination. When they care for a sick child, they are trusting FDA to make sure the drugs prescribed are...
