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President Biden’s predatory policies targeting career-focused institutions harm low-income, minority, and other disadvantaged students seeking to improve their career pathways and move up the economic ladder.
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Allen: More Federal Control is the Biggest Threat to Our Health Care System

Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on Democrats’ efforts to expand the federal government’s control in the health care system
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President Biden’s Massive Spending is Driving Up Health Care Prices

Despite massive inflation, President Biden and Congressional Democrats can’t stop spending. Democrats’ irresponsible increase of Obamacare subsidies is causing inflation in the health care market.
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Owens: Parent Engagement, Not Excessive Federal Polices, Will Improve Schools

Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Republican Leader Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on the importance of creating a safe and supportive school climate:
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Foxx Op-Ed: Biden is pro-union, not pro-worker

The last thing hardworking men and women in the construction industry should be facing is more union coercion — but that’s precisely what they’ve received in President Biden’s latest Executive Order.
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Senator Murray Applauds Biden Administration Delivering Defrauded Student Loan Borrowers Millions in Debt Relief

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the Biden Administration providing $415 million in student debt relief to over 15,000 defrauded student loan borrowers.
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Senator Murray Statement on Bipartisan Confirmation of Dr. Robert Califf as FDA Commissioner

Senate voted to confirm Dr. Robert Califf to serve as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by a vote of 50-46.
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Senator Murray Leads Hearing on Tackling Systemic Barriers to Employment with High-Quality Workforce Development Opportunities

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a hearing on supporting workers facing challenges finding good, high-paying jobs by ensuring they have access to high-quality workforce development opportunities.
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US Department of Labor recovers $125K in overtime due, prevailing wages for 34 plumbers employed by federal Des Moines project’s subcontractor

News Release: DES MOINES, IA - The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $125,000 in back wages for 34 workers after an investigation found a subcontractor paid workers the incorrect prevailing wage rate. The employer paid workers the pipe layer rate when they performed plumbing work on a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development apartment project under federal contract in Des Moines.
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US Department of Labor investigation recovers $1.3M in back wages, finds Texas potato farm denied nearly 500 farmworkers full wages, overtime

News Release: DALHART, TX - Each year, hundreds of agricultural workers enter the U.S. with an H-2A visa and make the long trip toward the Texas Panhandle’s far northwest corner. In the small town of Dalhart at Larsen Farms - a sprawling potato farm operated by one of the nation’s largest growers - they work under an open sky, some spending long days in the hot sun harvesting the crop and repairing farm equipment while others keep warehouses operating.
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Federal investigators find Texas residential builder owed $163K in overtime to employees

A Frisco residential builder received a hefty bill for unpaid overtime wages following a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.
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US Department of Labor recovers $79K in wages for 39 healthcare workers serving individuals with disabilities in Louisiana

US Department of Labor recovers $79K in wages for 39 healthcare workers serving individuals with disabilities in Louisiana
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US Department of Labor investigation recovers $1.3M in back wages, finds Texas potato farm denied nearly 500 farmworkers full wages, overtime

Each year, hundreds of agricultural workers enter the U.S. with an H-2A visa and make the long trip toward the Texas Panhandle’s far northwest corner. In the small town of Dalhart at Larsen Farms – a sprawling potato farm operated by one of the nation’s largest growers – they work under an open sky, some spending long days in the hot sun harvesting the crop and repairing farm equipment while others keep warehouses operating.
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South Carolina home healthcare provider pays $120K in back wages, damages to 36 employees after US Department of Labor finds wage violations

The U.S. Department of Labor found a West Columbia home healthcare provider shortchanged 36 employees who provide companionship and personal care for seniors, people with cognitive disorders, mothers of newborns and others who need assistance, by denying them the overtime wages they earned.
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US Department of Labor recovers $139K in overtime back wages, damages for 21 employees after federal court orders employer to comply

Following a federal court order, the U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $139,068 in back wages and liquidated damages owed for 21 workers whose Houston employer misclassified them as independent contractors and failed to pay overtime wages.
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US Department of Labor recovers $137,838 in wages, damages For 71 home health care workers denied overtime

US Department of Labor recovers $137,838 in wages, damages For 71 home health care workers denied overtime
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US Department of Labor offers online compliance webinar for federal contractors, stakeholders, workers amid Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investments

The historic investment in our nation’s aging infrastructure made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – signed by President Biden on Nov. 15, 2021 – will have a significant impact on those involved in federal construction contracts.
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US Department of Labor recovers $259K in overtime back wages for 330 Michigan healthcare workers

Every day, millions of careworkers tend to the vital needs of people in communities nationwide.
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US Department of Labor recovers $355K in back wages for 108 workers after investigation of two Atlanta home healthcare agencies

Employers’ names:   Schuetz Enterprises Inc., operating as Regency Home Care Georgia1750 Old Spring House LaneAtlanta, GA 30338Edlyn Healthcare Services Inc.1755 N.
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