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Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) issued the following statements on the U.S.
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U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a hearing focused on the broken child care system and the Democratic plan to lower child care costs, get families more child care options, and boost wages for child care workers—fully paid for by making the wealthiest pay their fair share.
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Last week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced out of committee—in an overwhelming 20-2 vote—Chair Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ranking Member Senator Richard Burr’s (R-NC) bipartisan Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act (PREVENT Pandemics Act).
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U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chair of the Special Committee on Aging, commended the U.S. Department of Education for launching a historic initiative to help phase out the subminimum wage for people with disabilities.
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U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, hosted a roundtable with trans youth and families from Washington state and Texas, as well as the Human Rights Campaign, to discuss how the onslaught of attacks against trans youth and their families are affecting them—and discuss what can be done to protect them and counter these hateful attacks.
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U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on the student loan payment pause and the work ahead to not only support current borrowers but lower the skyrocketing cost of higher education for future students.
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Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing titled, “Child Care and Preschool: Cutting Costs for Working Families.”
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Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC) and Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statements on the Committee’s 20-2 vote to advance the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act (PREVENT Pandemics Act).
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Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held an executive session on the Prepare for and Responded to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act (PREVENT Pandemics Act), legislation recently introduced by Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) to strengthen the nation’s preparedness and response framework amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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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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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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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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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Today, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing titled, “Supporting Quality Workforce Development Opportunities and Innovation to Address Barriers to Employment.”
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Today, the U.S. Senate voted 50-46 to confirm Dr. Robert Califf to be the Commissioner of Food and Drugs.
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Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a mark-up to advance nominees to the Department of Education (ED), Department of Labor (DOL), and the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC).
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Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, highlighted how critical it is to listen to health care workers and address the steep challenges they continue to face during the pandemic at a HELP Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety hearing chaired by Senator Hickenlooper (D-CO).
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Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) Chair of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House Katherine Clark (D-MA-5), introduced the Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act to remove barriers and provide support to help students experiencing homelessness and students in foster care access and succeed in higher education.
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Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a hearing on overcoming barriers to employment for workers with disabilities and building on recent progress, including the widespread use of inclusive practices to make work more accessible—like flexible schedules and remote options
