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Murray Slams GOP Bill to Undo Drug Price Negotiation, Let Costs Continue to Skyrocket, and Protect Pharmaceutical Company Profits

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement in response to Republican Senators’ new bill that would repeal the Inflation Reduction Act’s historic Medicare prescription drug negotiation policy.

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Ohio contractor continues to defy federal fall protection safety rules, cited for egregious willful violations, faces $1M in fines after workplace inspection

News Release: WHEELING, WV - A Millersburg, Ohio, contractor with a long history of disregarding workplace safety standards now faces more than $1 million in penalties after an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found their employees working at dangerous heights without fall protection, this time at a West Virginia work site.

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Statement by US Secretary of Labor Walsh on September Jobs Report

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the September 2022 Employment Situation Report:

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US Department of Labor orders ExxonMobil to reinstate terminated employees suspected of leaking information to Wall Street Journal

News Release: IRVING, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration ordered ExxonMobil Corp. to immediately reinstate two employees and pay them more than $800,000 in back wages, interest and compensatory damages. A federal whistleblower investigation found the company terminated them illegally after suspecting them of leaking information to the Wall Street Journal.

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US Department of Labor announces final rule to improve H-2A visa program

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a final rule to amend H-2A temporary labor certification regulations to protect agricultural workers better, and to update the H-2A application and temporary labor certification process. The final rule will be published in the Federal Register on Oct. 12, 2022.

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New notice from Occupational Safety and Health Administration to be published on Oct. 11

There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 11.

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GAO: 'We’re also tracking these funds across government' for fiscal year 2022

Congress has instructed federal agencies to disburse funds to local projects selected by individual members as part of the 2022 fiscal year appropriations.