By DOL Newswire | Jun 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education,
By DOL Newswire | May 27, 2009
News Release: BOSTON, MA - Senators Edward M. Kennedy and John F. Kerry announced today that Massachusetts will receive $666 million in economic recovery funds through the U.S. Department of Education’s State Fiscal Stabilization Fund. The funds are being made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment...
By DOL Newswire | May 27, 2009
News Release: BOSTON, MA - Senators Edward M. Kennedy and John F. Kerry announced today that 50 grantees at seventeen biomedical research and research training institutions in Massachusetts have been awarded a total of $9,902,161 in federal funding. The funds come from the National Institute of Health through a program...
By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Christopher Dodd yesterday evening introduced the Healthy Families Act, which will allow American workers to earn paid sick days to care for themselves and their families without risking their jobs.
By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2009
News Release: Following this week’s hearing of the Education and Labor Committee on seclusion and restraint in schools - during which it was revealed that children have been abused, injured, and even killed through misuse of such tactics - Rep. Howard P. “Buck" McKeon (R-CA) has requested a detailed analysis of the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed response to the problem, and plans to protect children in the future.
By DOL Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: Rep. Howard P. “Buck" McKeon (R-CA), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today harshly criticized the Obama Administration’s plans to orchestrate a full government takeover of student lending. McKeon faulted the plan, discussed during a hearing by the committee, for eliminating choice and competition for students and families while failing to take meaningful steps to hold down the ever-rising cost of a college education.
By DOL Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: Rep. Howard P. “Buck" McKeon (R-CA), the senior Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today joined House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) in introducing the Preserving DC Student Scholarships Act. Boehner, ...
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2009
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan made his first official appearance before the House Education and Labor Committee today, outlining the Obama Administration’s education agenda. Republicans on the panel welcomed Duncan and highlighted opportunities for bipartisan education reform. At the same time, ...
By DOL Newswire | May 19, 2009
News Release: Today, the Senate begins the final steps toward passage of legislation that should have been enacted years ago - authority for the FDA to regulate tobacco products, the most lethal of all consumer products.
By DOL Newswire | May 14, 2009
News Release: Today, House Democrats gave final approval to controversial legislation that not only adds to our nation’s mounting deficit, but also dramatically increases the power of the federal government over our nation’s schools. The 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act (H.R. 2187) empowers federal bureaucrats to dictate everything from what building materials must be used to how a school’s carbon footprint must be measured.
By DOL Newswire | May 14, 2009
News Release: Dear Inspector General Batts: Thank you for your recent investigation of and report on former Director Charles E.F.Millard’s involvement in the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC) implementation ofits investment policy. This report brought to light very troubling actions regarding Mr. Millard’sinvolvement...
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2009
News Release: Following this morning’s White House meeting on health care reform between President Obama and congressional Democrats - but not a single congressional Republican - Rep. Howard P. “Buck" McKeon (R-CA) issued the following statement...
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: BOSTON, MA - Senators Edward M. Kennedy and John F. Kerry announced today that nine
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Edward M. Kennedy today released the following statement
By DOL Newswire | May 7, 2009
News Release: Following the release today of additional details on President Obama’s FY 2010 budget, Rep. Howard P. “Buck" McKeon (R-CA), the top Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement...
By DOL Newswire | May 7, 2009
News Release: As Entered into the Record. The FDA’s mission is to oversee the safety, effectiveness, and security of the nation’s. food supply, drugs, medical devices, biologics, and cosmetics. It helps expedite innovations to. make these products even safer, more effective, and more affordable, before, during, and...
By DOL Newswire | May 6, 2009
News Release: Rep. Howard P. “Buck" McKeon (R-CA), the senior Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today criticized legislation that creates a massive new federal school construction program. McKeon and other Republicans on the panel argued that taxpayers cannot afford a new, $20 billion foray ...
By DOL Newswire | May 4, 2009
News Release: Rep. Howard P. “Buck" McKeon (R-CA), the senior Republican on the U.S.House Education and Labor Committee, today welcomed the beginning of the 10th Annual National Charter Schools Week and highlighted the success of these innovative public schools.
By DOL Newswire | May 1, 2009
News Release: BOSTON, MA - Senators Edward M. Kennedy and John F. Kerry announced today that four health research institutions in Massachusetts will receive six federal grants from the National Institute of Health totaling nearly $1.5 million, made under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Senator Kennedy...
By DOL Newswire | May 1, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today released the following statement regarding the proposal from a coalition of insurers, hospitals, physicians, pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers and providers that could...
