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Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Republican Leader Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on the vital role of Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs)
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More parents than ever want school choice, yet President Biden didn’t mention it once in his State of the Union.
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Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement reacting to President Biden’s State of the Union in crisis
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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 the future of our retirement system
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Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and Ranking Member, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), announced the HELP Committee will hold an executive session on March 15th, to mark up the PREVENT Pandemics Act, legislation aimed at strengthening the nation’s public health and medical preparedness and response systems in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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This week, Congress showed strong, decisive leadership in addressing the novel coronavirus.
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed safety rules to update the design and construction requirements for OSHA’s powered industrial trucks standards for general industry and construction.
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Growth Opportunities grant opened on March 7.
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Workplace Safety and Health Training on Infectious Diseases, Including COVID-19 grant opened on March 7.
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There were 19 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in January.
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There were 15 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in December 2021.
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News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO ‒ More than one in 10 people endure workplace noise levels loud enough to damage their hearing while seven in 10 experience moderately loud noise levels, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Yet, in 2020, the bureau found that about half the nation’s workers reported not using personal protective equipment to protect their hearing.
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There were 21 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in November 2021.
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The U.S. Department of Labor awarded $4.5 million in a cooperative agreement with Pact Inc. to combat child labor in mica-producing communities in Madagascar, as reported in a Feb. 16 news release.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $169,728 in wages and penalties after an investigation found that a string of restaurants in Oregon reportedly withheld wages, tips and overtime.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal district court judge issued an injunction to prevent a Missouri mine operator and its owner from stopping federal inspectors from completing workplace safety inspections now and in the future at the Partridge Sand & Gravel mine in Stone.
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There were 28 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in July 2021.
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There were 22 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in October 2021.
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News Release: Today, 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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There were seven notices published by the Labor Department in week ending March 5, according to the Federal Register.