By DOL Newswire | Sep 26, 2007
News Release: A measure of a great society is how it treats its children. The actions of Congressand the President over the coming days will determine whether we meet that test.Today, there are still 9 million children without health insurance. That’s not justwrong, it’s outrageous - it is immoral.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 25, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in responseto the House passage of the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 25, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in responseto the report released today by the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 25, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Tomorrow, at 11:45am, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid,Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and Senator Ken Salazar will join with religious leaders Fr.Clarence Williams of Catholic Charities USA, Sister Catherine Pinkerton, CSJ,Network-National Catholic Social Justice Lobby, and Rabi Michael Namath of theReligious Action Center of Reform Judaism in support of the Children’s Health InsuranceProgram.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 25, 2007
News Release: Sometimes, the American people demand that Congress and the Administrationenact initiatives to address fundamental national needs. During the Depression, weenacted Social Security to see that seniors could live their later years with dignity. In the1940’s, we opened the doors of education for returning...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 24, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the SenateHealth, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement inresponse to the United Auto Workers Union going on strike.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 22, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the SenateHealth, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement inresponse to this morning’s New York Times story detailing Medicaid’s decision to denychemotherapy to illegal immigrants with cancer.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 21, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the SenateHealth, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement onthe agreement between the United States Senate and House of Representatives on theState Children’s Health Insurance Program.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 20, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in responseto President Bush’s threat to veto the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, at 11:30am, Senators Edward Kennedy, Pete Domenici,and Mike Enzi will commemorate the passage in the Senate last night of the MentalHealth Parity Act of 2007. The legislation will provide help to more 113 millionAmericans, and represents a major agreement between the health care community,business leaders, and insurance industry.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2007
News Release: I want to start by thanking my colleague, Senator Domenici, for his tirelesseffort. And I want to recognize the late Senator Paul Wellstone, who championed thisfight for so many years. Without the leadership of these two remarkable Senators, wewouldn’t be here on this historic day.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the SenateHealth, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement inresponse to the passage by the United States House of Representatives of the FDAReauthorization bill.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 18, 2007
News Release: This bill will protect over 113 million people across the United States, including the 82 million individuals enrolled in ERISA group health insurance plans who are not protected by State parity laws.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Dick Durbin (D-IL),Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) and Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced The Independent ContractorProper Classification Act of 2007. This legislation will protect workers and taxpayers againstthe misclassification of employees, a problem that costs the government billions of dollars anddenies thousands of Americans basic employee protections such as workers compensation andovertime pay.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C-Senators Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), Gordon H. Smith (R-OR), JayRockefeller (D-WV), and Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) released the following statements on thelegislation introduced today that will prevent states from having to drastically restricting thenumber of children who can access care.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy gave the following remarks followingthe passage by the United States Senate of the College Affordability and Access Act of 2007, whichincludes the largest increase of student aid since the GI Bill.From our earliest days as a nation, education has been...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education,Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on today’s report from theBureau of Labor Statistics, which showed that employers cut 4,000 jobs in August-the firstdrop in the number of jobs since 2003...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2007
News Release: Nelson Mandela once said that education is the most powerful weapon which you can use tochange the world.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C- Today, at 12:45pm, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Majority Leader HarryReid, and Representative George Miller will hold a press conference to celebrate the passageof the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, which will provide the largest increase instudent aid since the GI Bill.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 6, 2007
News Release: Today we are considering the nomination of Charles Millard to be Director of thePension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Let me start by thanking Senator Mikulski for agreeingto help Chair this important hearing. She had a vital role in the passage of the PensionProtection Act last year, and has shown impressive leadership as Chair of our Retirement andAging Subcommittee.
