News from March 2022
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after a Texas federal judge overturned a Department of Labor (DOL) final rule that rescinded a Trump-era rule clarifying the classification of workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 24, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a full committee markup regarding workers’ compensation programs, school safety, and Community Services Block Grants
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
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).
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 24, 2022
There were 36 press releases published by the Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate in November 2021.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
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.
By State Newswire | Mar 24, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 24, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2022
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Federal agents arrested a South African woman this morning at John Glenn International Airport on federal charges alleging she mailed large amounts of K2 and Suboxone via mail into the United States. Inmates in Ohio jails were the end recipients of the packages.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing titled, “Child Care and Preschool: Cutting Costs for Working Families.”
By State Newswire | Mar 24, 2022
Release: The following is a statement from the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union. We are united in our condemnation of the Taliban’s decision not to re-open secondary schools to Afghan girls.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 24, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 24, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Mar 24, 2022
The US State Department published a three page rule on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
