By Press release submission | Dec 30, 2022
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the supplemented application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the Management-Labor Pension Plan Local 1730 ILA (Longshoremen Local 1730 Plan).
By Press release submission | Dec 30, 2022
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the supplemented application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the Local 408 International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America Pension Plan (Local 408 Plan).
By Press release submission | Dec 30, 2022
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the supplemented application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the Local 365 UAW Pension Fund Pension Plan (Local 365 UAW Plan).
By Press release submission | Dec 30, 2022
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the supplemented application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the Idaho Signatory Employers-Laborers Pension Plan (Idaho Signatory Plan).
By Press release submission | Dec 30, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed a strategic partnership with Balfour Beatty Construction to promote worker safety and health during construction of the AC Marriott Hotel project in the Savannah River District.
By Press release submission | Dec 30, 2022
There were 5,190 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2021, an 8.9-percent increase from 4,764in 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
By Press release submission | Dec 30, 2022
On Dec. 18, we observed International Migrants Day – a day dedicated to highlight the contributions of migrant workers and advocate for the full realization of their rights.
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Salud Carbajal (D-CA) released the following statements after President Biden signed the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 into law, which included the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 and the Safer Seas Act of 2022:
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) applaud President Biden for signing clean water programs included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2022 into law.
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) released the following statements after President Biden signed the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 into law, which included the Water Resources Development Act of 2022:
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement after Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA) was selected as Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for the 118th Congress
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
The U.S. Senate on December 15, 2022, approved legislation that will ensure innocent disaster victims won’t have their assistance clawed back by the federal government when it makes an error
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
Following last night’s overwhelming 350-59 vote by the U.S. House, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, took to the Senate floor to celebrate final passage of her bipartisan Equal Pay for Team USA Act.
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
Following unanimous passage last week by the U.S. Senate, tonight the U.S. House passed the bipartisan Equal Pay for Team USA Act, landmark legislation to ensure all athletes who represent United States in global competition – like the World Cup, Olympics and Paralympics – receive equal pay and benefits – regardless of gender.
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
On Friday, U.S. House Representatives Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11) and Nancy Mace (R-SC-1) led a bipartisan group of representatives in a letter to House leadership, urging them to bring the Equal Pay for Team USA Act, which passed the Senate unanimously earlier this month, to the House floor for a vote before the end of the 117th Congress.
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Chris Coons, along with Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.), today celebrated Senate passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA 2022) as part of legislation supporting our nation’s defense programs. The measure will now be sent to President Biden for his signature.
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee Chairman Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) secured passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA 2022) as part of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 83-11 in the Senate.
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
U.S. Senator Tom Carper, Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement on the conclusion by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) that a December 2021 memorandum from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) entitled “Policy on Using Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Resources to Build a Better America” is a rule subject to the Congressional Review Act (CRA):
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today celebrated the confirmations of L. Michelle Moore, Robert Klein, William Renick, Adam Wade White, Joe Ritch, and Beth Pritchard Geer to be Members of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2022
U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, joined U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan, as well as clean air and labor leaders in announcing new standards to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from heavy-duty vehicles starting in model year 2027.
