News from February 2023
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By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
In a letter signed by all the Democratic members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Tuesday invited Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to testify at a hearing in front of the panel on March 9 about the company’s lack of compliance with Federal labor laws.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the new chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Wednesday during remarks to Advocates for Community Health proposed a historic expansion of community health centers.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) at 1:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 9th will hold a press conference with rail workers to demand companies provide them with at least seven paid sick days.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Monday, February 13, will host a town hall at the U.S. Capitol to discuss the pay crisis teachers are facing throughout the United States.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement, as prepared for delivery, during a hearing on the state of education in America:
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda to verify that Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh met his ethics obligations as he sought employment with the National Hockey League Players Association.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) hiring U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh as its Executive Director:
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) applauded U.S. Congressman Andy Barr’s (R-KY) reintroduction of a Congressional Review Act measure to nullify the Department of Labor’s (DOL) recent rule to greenlight environmental, social, governance (ESG) investing in employer-sponsored retirement plans. U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) is leading the companion measure in the U.S. Senate.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor to highlight the Promoting Employment and Lifelong Learning (PELL) Act, which expands career-focused, skills-based education programs.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Representative Jeff Duncan (R-SC) led 126 House Republicans in filing an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in the upcoming case considering the Biden administration’s student loan bailout, which exploits legislation drafted in the wake of September 11, 2001, meant to assist service members and veterans.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Republican Leader John Boozman (R-AR) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced unworkable nutrition standards that will hamstring schools:
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Republican Leader Bill Cassidy (R-LA) rebuked the administration’s reckless Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) rule proposal and called on Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to extend the rushed public comment period.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
National Girls and Women in Sports Day, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and a panel of House Republicans to highlight the importance of protecting Title IX against the Left’s attacks on the landmark legislation.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to National Labor Relations Board (the Board) Chairman Lauren McFerran in opposition to the Board’s proposed rule which weakens employees’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), makes the interests of unions a priority, and strips employees of vital protections.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
National Girls and Women in Sports Day, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) celebrated the reintroduction of the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
Foxx Announces First Committee Hearing: American Education in Crisi
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a great pleasure to see my friend, the vice chancellor, here again at the State Department. I think it was almost exactly a year ago -
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: We are writing to strongly condemn your actions at today’s Committee hearing. You began the hearing by spending approximately 15 minutes posing questions to former IRS official Lois Lerner, who stated, as she had nine months ago, that she was invoking her Fifth Amendment right not...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Saddlehorn Visitor Center. Amenities. 4 listed. Information - Maps Available, Information Kiosk/Bulletin Board, Scenic View/Photo Spot, Trailhead. * Location: Directly across Rim Rock Drive from the Saddlehorn Visitor Center. * Mileage: 0.5 one way (0.8 km) one-way. * Difficulty Level:...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Kingdom City, Mo., business owner pleaded guilty in federal court today to fraudulently receiving more than $673,000 in loans for several businesses under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
