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Chairmen Sam Graves & Garret Graves Statements from Hearing on FAA Reauthorization & Aviation Safety
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Opening remarks, as prepared, of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Garret Graves (R-LA) from today’s hearing entitled, “FAA Reauthorization: Enhancing America’s Gold Standard in Aviation Safety”:


Graves Statement on the State of the Union
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Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) statement following the President’s State of the Union address:


Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Impacts of Biden Administration WOTUS Rule
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Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Chairman David Rouzer (R-NC) announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on February 8, 2023, examining the effects of the Biden Administration’s new waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.


Infrastructure Stakeholders Testify on Need for More Flexibility, Reasonable Regulations to Improve Supply Chain Struggles
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Infrastructure stakeholders testified at the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s first hearing of the 118th Congress on “The State of Transportation Infrastructure and Supply Chain Challenges.


Graves Announces Congressman Jeff Van Drew as T&I Committee Vice Chairman
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Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced that Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) will serve as the Committee’s Vice Chairman for the 118th Congress.


T&I Committee to Hold First Hearing on FAA Reauthorization, Focusing on Aviation Safety
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Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) announced that the full Committee will hold a hearing focused on aviation safety and reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) next week.


Graves Statement from Hearing on the State of American Infrastructure and Supply Chain Challenges
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Opening remarks, as prepared, of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) from today’s hearing entitled, “The State of Transportation Infrastructure and Supply Chain Challenges”:America has a vast transportation network that is essential to the nation’s economic competitiveness, the movement of people and goods both nationwide and globally, and is integral to Americans’ quality of life.


Ranking Member Cassidy Joins Braun, Colleagues to Overturn Biden’s New ESG Rule
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U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) joined U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) and 48 of their senate colleagues in introducing a Congressional Review Act to overturn the Biden administration rule authorizing asset managers to prioritize environment, social and governance (ESG) when making investment decisions with their clients’ retirement savings.


Ranking Member Cassidy, Colleagues File Amicus Brief Rebuking Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness
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U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), joined U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and 41 Senate colleagues in filing an amicus brief in Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education v. Brown challenging the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program. Specifically, they argue that the student loan program is a clear overreach of executive power and circumvents the authority of Congress.



Cassidy, Foxx Call Out Administration’s Potential $1 Trillion Student Loan Repayment Scheme, Rushed Public Review Process
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U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), and Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.


Cassidy Seated as Ranking Member of Senate HELP Committee, Announces GOP Members
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U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) was officially seated as the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) for the 118th Congress. Cassidy will lead Republicans on the HELP Committee, which include U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Mike Braun (R-IN), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), and Ted Budd (R-NC).


Chairman Sanders and All Democratic Members of HELP Committee Invite Starbucks CEO to Testify at Hearing on Company’s Labor Practices
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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.


Sanders to Hold Town Hall on the Teacher Pay Crisis in America
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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.


Sanders and Braun to Hold Press Conference with Rail Workers to Demand Paid Sick Days
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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.


Sanders to Hold Town Hall on the Teacher Pay Crisis in America
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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.


Chair Foxx: We Must Address the State of Education in America
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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:


Foxx to DOL: Walsh Should Act Ethically as He Prepares to Skate Off
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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.


Chairwoman Foxx Comments on NHLPA Hiring Secretary Walsh for Top Spot
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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:


Foxx Supports Barr Resolution to Block Biden’s Politicization of Retirement Accounts
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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.