By DOL Newswire | Jun 20, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C-Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health,Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response tothe passage by the HELP Committee of the Higher Education Access Act of 2007 and theHigher Education Amendments of 2007.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 20, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C-Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the United StatesSenate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, convened an executive session ofthe Committee to move forward on two bills that will help millions of students attend college,the Higher Education Access Act and the Higher Education Amendments of 2007.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 19, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C-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 United States Senate of the Improving Head Start Act.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 19, 2007
News Release: My heart goes out this morning to the families of the nine fallen firefighters in Charleston, andto my colleagues Senator Graham and DeMint and to the people of Charleston. These fallenheroes made the ultimate sacrifice to protect their fellow citizens. And today we rememberthem and all firefighters...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 19, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. George Miller (D-CA), Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) and Sen. EdwardKennedy (D-MA) today announced a new package of legislation to help improve health andsafety in U.S. mines.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 18, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC: Today, as the Senate prepares to take up the Employee Free Choice Actwith a possible vote on Thursday, Senator Kennedy issued the following statement. Also belowis a fact sheet on how the Act will help restore middle class security.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C-Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Health, Education, Labor, andPensions Committee members sent the following letter to the Secretary Education, MargaretSpellings, urging the department to refrain from proposing new regulations on accreditationuntil after the Higher Education Act is reauthorized.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 14, 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 “Report on Marketing Practices in the Federal Family EducationLoan Program." The report discusses the findings of Chairman Kennedy's investigation ofinappropriate marketing practices in the student loan industry.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C-Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response tointroduction of the Higher Education Act (HEA) package in the United States House ofRepresentatives.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C- Today, Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Richard G. Lugar welcomed 250students from around the world to promote cultural awareness and understanding. SenatorsKennedy and Lugar founded the Cultural Bridges program in October of 2002 after theSeptember 11th terrorist attacks. The program...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following statement in response to thenomination of Dr. James Holsinger for Surgeon General.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C-Today, Senators Edward Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Michael Enzi sent letters to Dr. JulieGerberding, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Secretary MichaelChertoff of the Department of Homeland Security...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2007
News Release: Washington - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)today agreed on goals for reauthorizing the State Children Health Insurance Program(CHIP). The two principal authors of the original 1997 CHIP bill (P.L. 105-33), Kennedyand Hatch are committed to the goal of helping states provide insurance coverage for thechildren of the working poor - those whose parents can’t afford private insurance butmake too much to qualify for Medicaid.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 5, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C-Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to theNational Evaluation of Early Reading First by the Institute of Education Services.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 5, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Unites States Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Kay Bailey Hutchison (RTX),and Ted Kennedy (D-MA) today introduced the Comprehensive TB Elimination Act of 2007which is designed to fight the reemergence of TB in the U.S. and help combat the diseaseglobally.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 5, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C-Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to aseries of reports published in the New England Journal of Medicine on the concernssurrounding Avandia.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 5, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C-Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to theformation of Health IT Now!, which will provide healthcare information technology to patientsand health care providers.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 1, 2007
News Release: BOSTON, MA-Senator Edward M. Kennedy today discussed the critical need for sustainedsupport of adoption initiatives in the United States Congress at an event hosted by theCongressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) held at the Downtown Harvard Clubsponsored by Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 1, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C-Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy released the following statement inresponse to the Department of Education’s release of its notice of proposed rule-making onstudent loans.
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2007
News Release: BOSTON, MA- Tomorrow, Friday, June 1st at 12:15 PM, Senator Edward M. Kennedy,
