News from December 2021
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2021
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Biden administration announced it would extend the pause on student loan repayments yet again
By Raquel Perez | Dec 29, 2021
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement in response to President Biden’s speech outlining the Administration’s latest efforts to respond to the surging Omicron variant of COVID-19.
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2021
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the plan application for the Idaho Signatory Employers-Laborers Pension Plan (Idaho Signatory) in Portland, Ore.
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor today released a Supplemental Statement clarifying a June 2020 Information Letter on private equity investments as a component of a professionally managed asset allocation fund offered as an investment option in participant-directed retirement savings plans, such as 401(k) plans.
By Press release submission | Dec 29, 2021
U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, applauded Senate adoption of a resolution celebrating the 125th anniversary of the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA).
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office released a report Monday on the implementation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Market Facilitation Program in 2018 and 2019.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
A Fairdale country club operator failed to pay some workers minimum hourly wages, denied overtime pay to other workers, paid incorrect overtime rates to others, and assigned minor-aged workers duties not permitted by law, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $33,230 in back wages for five employees working on a federally funded construction project in Fayetteville. Investigators found the employer failed to pay workers all wages earned as required by the Davis Bacon Act.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott releases highlights of activity undertaken by the Committee in 2021.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
A Florida-based roofing contractor – with a long history of exposing his workers to the serious and potentially fatal risks related to falls – faces possible incarceration for his failure to comply with court orders once again.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
Chairman David Scott of Georgia and Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Subcommittee Chair Antonio Delgado released the following statement congratulating Rostin Behnam on his confirmation as Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
Two men doing framing work at a residential construction project in Bradenton Beach on June 23, 2021, had no warning when the platform beneath them failed, causing both to fall about 25 feet – roughly two stories – to the ground. Head trauma killed a 49-year-old carpenter and crew leader, who died at the scene.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded $5 million in a cooperative agreement for the International Labour Organization focused on strengthening decent working conditions in Peru and Ecuador by combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in coastal communities.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced $8,333,333 in funding to the Commonwealth of Kentucky to support disaster-relief employment after a series of deadly tornadoes on Dec. 10 caused extensive damage.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Biden Administration announced an extension in the pause of student loan repayment, collections, and interest accrual.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
Following reports that FBI agents infiltrated protests in Portland, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to Department of Justice Inspector General (IG) Michael E. Horowitz requesting that an examination of these surveillance practices be included in the IG's ongoing review of use of force by federal law enforcement against Americans exercising their right to peaceably assemble.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 28, 2021
The Biden Administration is providing $1.5 billion in funding to states and schools through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help meal program operators push through COVID-19 related supply chain shortages while providing students with nutritious food.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 28, 2021
President Joe Biden intends to appoint nine U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regional positions, including four Farm Service Agency (FSA) and five Rural Development (RD) state directors.
By Bob Martin | Dec 28, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Safety and Inspective Service (FSIS) is currently accepting nominations for members of the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI) with the USDA appointing committee members next year.
