By DOL Newswire | Feb 22, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Governor Deval
By DOL Newswire | Feb 20, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health,
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2008
News Release: I commend Senator Dodd for holding this important hearing. Striking the right balance between work and family is never easy. But it’s especially difficult when serious illness or a medical emergency strikes. In these turbulent economic times, workers face great challenges. More and more families are...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2008
News Release: Washington, D.C.---Senators Edward M. Kennedy and John F. Kerry and Representatives
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2008
News Release: In these hard economic times, Americans are anxious about the future. Balancing the demands of work and family is getting more and more difficult every day. Times are especially hard for families facing a health care crisis.It’s difficult enough to deal with a serious illness in your family without the...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2008
News Release: I want to thank Senator Sanders for his dedication to this topic and for working so hard on this hearing today. I also want to thank Senators Enzi and Murkowski for their work on this issue. To create a healthy nation we must not only have health care professionals that are excellently trained-we need...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, February 12 - The number of primary-care physicians and other health professionals trained in the United States is shrinking, according to Government Accountability Office findings announced today at a Senate hearing. The nonpartisan research arm of Congress was asked to assess the state...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- On Thursday, February 14th, at 10:00am, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, will hold an executive meeting to mark up following pieces of legislation: S. 579, Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2007, S. 1810, Prenatally...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) and former Congresswoman Pat Schroeder (D-CO), original authors of the landmark Family and Medical Leave Act, will hail the law’s 15th anniversary, and critique the Department of Labor's new recommendations about the program at a press conference on Wednesday.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health,
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2008
News Release: BOSTON, MA- On Monday, February 11th at 11:30 AM, Senator Edward M. Kennedy
By DOL Newswire | Feb 7, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced that nearly 600 Massachusetts workers are entitled to federal Trade Adjustment Assistance benefits, which include extended unemployment insurance, job training, and health insurance. The assistance will benefit 478 workers at Alcatel-Lucent...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy released the following statement in response to the changes to the H-2A visa regulations announced by the Department of Labor and Department of Homeland Security. “I’m concerned about the Administration’s approach to these regulations. Increased penalties...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, the U.S. Department of Education informed Congress
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, released new data from the Congressional Budget Office reaffirming that the Federal Direct Loan Program costs less to taxpayers than the Federal Family Education Loan Program, ...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 24, 2008
News Release: Congress has enacted bipartisan laws to ensure that federal tax dollars are not used to subsidize discrimination, and that Americans have real remedies when their civil rights are violated.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 24, 2008
News Release: Equal pay for equal work is a fundamental civil right in our society. All workers should have the right to fair pay regardless of their race, gender, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or disability. Unfortunately, reality has too often failed to live up to this ideal. Prejudice and discrimination...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 23, 2008
News Release: Given that FDA failed to identify a public health basis for why this lengthy proposal was necessary at this point in time, the letter’s authors ask FDA to answer questions justifying the expenditure of the agency’s limited resources on this effort.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 23, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association’s introduction of the “Pathway to Covering America: Ensuring Quality, Value, and Access," a plan to...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 23, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to the United States House of Representatives failing to override President Bush’s veto of the Children’s Health Insurance Program. "American...
