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“PETITIONS, ETC.” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the in the House section section on page H7843 on Sept. 14.
The Department provides billions in unemployment insurance, which peaked around 2011 though spending had declined before the pandemic. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, claimed the Department funds "ineffective and duplicative services" and overregulates the workplace.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
PETITIONS, ETC.
Under clause 3 of rule XII, petitions and papers were laid on the clerk's desk and referred as follows:
PT-143. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the Alpena County Board of Commissioners of the state Michigan, relative to Resolution 2022-13, urging the United States Department of Labor to abandon a proposed rule change and urging Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Congressional Delegation to support local control by the Workforce Development Boards and oppose the rule and notify the Department of Labor Secretary that it would have an adverse impact on the Michigan ``One Stop'' workforce development system; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
PT-144. Also, a petition of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, relative to Senate Resolution No. 591, expressing support of S. 405, better known as the ``Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act'', introduced in the 117th Congress; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
PT-145. Also, a petition of the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, relative to a resolution passed at the 2022 Annual Conference calling for Congress to give Puero Rico statehood by passing bills H.R. 1522 and S. 780; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
