By DOL Newswire | Sep 4, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the United StatesSenate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a report on thestudent loan system entitled “Second Report on Marketing Practices in the Federal FamilyEducation Loan Program." The report discusses the findings of Chairman Kennedy'sinvestigation of inappropriate marketing practices in the student loan industry.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 30, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, sent the following letter to Secretary MichaelLeavitt requesting information on the interactions of political appointees at the Department ofHealth and Human Services and the Office of the Surgeon General, specifically during tenureof Dr. Richard Carmona.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 29, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC: Today, on the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Senator Edward M.Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the author ofthe Children's Health Insurance Program, urged the President to support Congress’s efforts tocover more children. Yesterday...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 16, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education,Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement today, strongly supportingthe recommendations by the President’s Cancer Panel for effective national action to reducethe danger of tobacco.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 10, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the SenateHealth, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement onthe mine collapses in Utah and Indiana.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 9, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education,Labor and Pensions Committee, sent the following letter to Secretary Michael Leavitt of theDepartment of Health and Human Services, requesting information pertaining to possibleviolations of the Health Insurance Portability...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 3, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- This morning, Senator Edward Kennedy, Majority Leader Harry Reid,Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressman John Dingell, sent the following letter to Andrew C.von Eschenbach, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, affirming their commitment to reaching aconference report to reauthorize the drug and...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 3, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC- Today Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, put out the following statement regarding today’sjobs numbers that reflect a notable increase in long-term unemployment. More than 1.3million Americans who are currently looking for...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 3, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Late last night, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the SenateHealth, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on thepassage by the United States Senate of the America COMPETES Act, which invests ineducation, especially in math, science, engineering, ...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2007
News Release: Psalms teach us that true leaders should “defend the afflicted among the people and save thechildren of the needy." (Psalm 72:4)What says more about our character as a nation than how we care for the children of thiscountry?What says more about our morality than the way we ensure that each and every...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to thepassage of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.--Tonight, Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Pete Domenici announced abreakthrough in Mental Health Parity negotiations. The new agreement will protect all statelaws and provide equity in mental health treatment to 113 million Americans.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 1, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC‹ Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to thepassage by the HELP Committee of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 2007
News Release: Many of the best ideas in public policy are the simplest. The Children’s Health InsuranceProgram is based on one simple and powerful idea - that all children deserve a healthy start inlife, and that no parents should have to worry about whether they can afford to take theirchild to the doctor when the...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 26, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Yesterday, Senators Kennedy, Snowe, Rockefeller, Warner, and Cantwellintroduced a bill to encourage states to modernize their unemployment insurance systems.The Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act would make $7 billion in incentive paymentsavailable to states to encourage them to expand eligibility for benefits and provide training toworkers struggling with long-term unemployment.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 25, 2007
News Release: Today, the Senate is taking the first step toward passage of legislation that should have beenenacted years ago - authority for the FDA to regulate tobacco products, the most lethal of allconsumer products. Used as intended by the companies that manufacture and market them,cigarettes will kill one out...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 24, 2007
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today applauded the Senate for passing key higher education reforms he said are critical to expand access to college, protect students from bad actors in the student loan industry, and provide students with clear information they need to understand and manage their debts.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 24, 2007
News Release: From our earliest days as a nation, education has been the mainstay of our democracy and theengine of the American dream. Our nation’s founders knew that an educated citizenry wouldstrengthen our land and build up the values and character that make us Americans. Theyinvested in education because they looked to the future and saw an even greater America overthe glowing horizon.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 24, 2007
News Release: After years of struggling with rising college costs, help is on the way for students across thiscountry.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 24, 2007
News Release: TODAY AMERICA GETS A RAISEWelcome to Pay Raise Day 2007! We did it! After ten long years, today America gets a raise!It’s a special day for working families, and I’m honored to be here with you.
