Bill S.4182 titled “A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard that requires covered employers within the health care and social service industries to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan, and for other purposes” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Tammy Baldwin with Richard Blumenthal, Cory Booker, Sherrod Brown, Ben Cardin, Bob Casey, Christopher Coons, Tammy Duckworth, Richard Durbin, Dianne Feinstein, Maggie Hassan, Amy Klobuchar, Edward Markey, Robert Menendez, Jeff Merkley, Christopher Murphy, Patty Murray, Alex Padilla, Gary Peters, Bernard Sanders, Brian Schatz, Tina Smith, Debbie Stabenow, Chris Van Hollen, Elizabeth Warren, Sheldon Whitehouse, Ron Wyden as cosponsors.
Bill S.4185 titled “A bill to set forth limitations on exclusivity for orphan drugs” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Tammy Baldwin with Bill Cassidy as cosponsor.
The Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee moves forward in some way on one bill per day.
Most bills have a hearing where those involved explain why they are for or against the bill. Roughly 8,000 bills are addressed by committees each year but only about 800 make it to the floor of Congress, according to ushistory.org.
A 2019 report from the Brookings Institute argued committees aren’t capable of delving fully into the issues they address and are forced to rely on lobbyists.
| Bill Name | Sponsor | Action |
|---|---|---|
| A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard that requires covered employers within the health care and social service industries to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan, and for other purposes. | Sen. Baldwin, Tammy | Senate |
| A bill to set forth limitations on exclusivity for orphan drugs. | Sen. Baldwin, Tammy | Senate |
