By DOL Newswire | Oct 26, 2005
News Release: “Over the last four years, the rich have gotten richer, while four million more Americans fell into poverty. Families are facing a 60% increase in energy costs to heat their homes this winter, the nation is running a record deficit, we are facing billions of dollars in costs to fulfill our commitment...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 26, 2005
News Release: It’s a privilege to join Senator Harkin, Senator Reid, and other Democratic colleagues on this needed proposal to improve the nation’s preparedness to deal with the danger of avian flu.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 25, 2005
News Release: Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy offered an amendment to increase the amount awarded to Pell grant recipients from $4,050 a year to $4,250 a year. This critical increase can mean the difference between a student being able to attend a four year institution or community college or forgoing the opportunity to receive a college education. In Massachusetts alone, nearly 80,000 students at Massachusetts colleges and universities received over $180 million in Pell grants last year.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 25, 2005
News Release: I was pleased to hear that Wal-Mart CEO, H. Lee Scott, Jr. called on Congress to raise the minimum wage. When even the head of Wal-Mart, one of the most anti-worker companies in the world, says that a minimum wage of $5.15 an hour is out of date, we know it’s long past time for an increase.Katrina has...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 24, 2005
News Release: BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS- Senator Edward M. Kennedy today outlined the importance of health information technology at the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association’s health care policy conference entitled, “Saving Lives: Safeguarding Care." Health IT can not only save an estimated $140 billion in excess cost to our health care system, but can dramatically improve the quality of care for patients through electronic medical records.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 21, 2005
News Release: BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS- Senator Edward M. Kennedy outlined his plan to prepare for a pandemic flu outbreak at the opening of the new UMASS Medical School/Massachusettls Biologic Laboratories Facility in Mattapan. Senator Kennedy has introduced a bill in the United States Senate that calls for a national...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 20, 2005
News Release: Washington, DC: Today Senators Kennedy and Enzi added to their relief package for Katrina victims an education bill that provides one-time, temporary impact aid to local school districts and private schools. They developed the bill with their colleagues Senators Alexander and Dodd. The bill provides...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 20, 2005
News Release: Thank you Senator Enzi for convening this important oversight hearing.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 20, 2005
News Release: · NCLB Waivers: Encourages the Secretary to use waiver authority with respect to reporting requirements, 3-8 assessments, and school improvement/corrective action under ESEA for States, local educational agencies, and schools affected by Hurricane Katrina, and requires the Secretary to report on state and district waiver requests due to the impact of Hurricane Katrina.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 19, 2005
News Release: Students are making real progress in reading and math in the nation’s classrooms. The hard work of school reform is beginning to pay off and the nation will be the real winner in the years ahead.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 19, 2005
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Tomorrow, Senator Edward M. Kennedy will speak before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on protecting the employment rights of our National Guard Members returning from Iraq. Senator Kennedy, after having met several times with Massachusetts members of the...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 19, 2005
News Release: Washington, DC: Today at 4:30 pm the Senate will vote on two proposals on minimum wage: Senator Kennedy’s amendment and the Republican plan that contains anti-worker poison pills. Last night, to ensure bipartisan support, Kennedy changed the amount of the increase to match the amount of the Republican...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 18, 2005
News Release: “The American people won’t stand for a government that puts irresponsible tax breaks for the wealthy ahead of funding for health care and other assistance for our families that need help the most. Katrina shined a light on the great disparities in the country, and its time for Washington to reevaluate...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 18, 2005
News Release: Washington, DC: Last night, Senator Edward M. Kennedy continued his fight on the war on poverty by offering an amendment H.R. 3058, the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill. Kennedy’s proposal takes into account that the current minimum wage is grossly inadequate...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 8, 2005
News Release: Washington, DC: Last night, Senator Edward M. Kennedy continued his fight on the war on poverty by offering an amendment H.R. 3058, the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill. Today, to ensure bipartisan support, he changed the amount of the increase to match the amount of the Republican plan, but without their poison pills.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 7, 2005
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, a group of Democratic Senators joined together to urge the Bush administration to lay out its plans to prepare Americans for a potential Avian flu pandemic. In a letter to Secretary Michael Leavitt, the Senators called on the administration to provide crucial information to the Congress and the American people about their plans to prepare and protect Americans from this potentially catastrophic illness.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 6, 2005
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) and Senator Pat Roberts (R- KS) joined Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) and national disability advocates to kickoff the Employer Work Incentive Act, a bill that seeks to reduce the high unemployment rate among severely disabled Americans.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 5, 2005
News Release: It’s a privilege to join Senator Reid, Senator Obama, Senator Bayh and other Democratic colleagues on this legislation to improve the nation’s preparedness to deal with the danger of avian flu.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 30, 2005
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) ruled that the Bush Department of Education illegally used taxpayer dollars to fund a covert propaganda campaign, aimed at boosting the image of the President’s education agenda. The GAO decision was the result of an inquiry by United States Senators Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) and Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ).
By DOL Newswire | Sep 30, 2005
News Release: In the past five years, over five million more citizens have fallen into poverty. Thirty-seven million Americans live below the poverty line. Three million more working Americans live in hunger or on the verge of hunger today than in the year 2000.
