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Ranking Member Cassidy on Troubling Report Showing Declining Reading and Math Scores Among Students Post-Pandemic
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement following the publication of the 2023 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Long-Term Trends report showing a 4-point decline in reading performance and a 9-point decline in math performance among 13-year-old students compared to their pre-pandemic levels during the 2019–20 school year. These are the largest declines since the test was first administered in 1971
Cassidy Statement on Mandy Cohen to Head CDC
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Cassidy Statement on Mandy Cohen to Head CDC
Chairman Sanders Opens Sweeping Investigation into Amazon Warehouse Safety and Calls for Amazon Workers to Share Their Stories
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), sent a letter today to Amazon Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy initiating a HELP Committee investigation into the abysmal safety record in Amazon’s warehouses and the company’s treatment of workers who are injured in those warehouses.
@EdWorkforceCmte Republicans Deliver Innovative Health Care Solutions for Job Creators and Workers
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Today, the House passed H.R. 3799, the CHOICE Arrangement Act, delivering a win for job creators and workers. During debate of the legislation, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following remarks on the House Floor:
Foxx: Biden’s Student Loan Debt Transfer Scheme is a Sweepstakes Giveaway
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in support of overriding President Biden’s veto on H.J. Res. 45, a Congressional Review Act resolution that will bar the administration from implementing its student loan cancellation scheme and prevent any further extension of the student loan repayment pause.
Foxx Stands Up for Small Businesses, Advocates for Measures to Lower Cost of Health Care
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in support of H.R. 3799, the CHOICE Arrangement Act, a Republican package that takes the first step towards addressing rising health care costs for small businesses. The package is comprised of several innovative health care solutions.
What They Are Saying: Republican Health Care Solutions for Small Businesses
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
For more than 30 years, small businesses have cited health care costs as their number one issue. Republicans have solutions that would provide immediate relief to job creators and working Americans.
Chairman Good Leads Hearing on Strengthening the Health Care Market
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Today, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee Chair Bob Good (R-VA), delivered the following remarks as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Competition and Transparency: The Pathway Forward for a Stronger Health Care Market":
Teachers Unions Drag Student Test Scores Even Lower
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) revealed that math and reading scores fell by 9 points and 4 points respectively from 2020 to 2023:
ED’s Gainful Employment Rule Will Stifle Innovation, Increase College Costs
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona calling for the Department to abandon its proposed Gainful Employment rule, a sweeping regulatory package that imposes burdensome requirements on postsecondary education institutions, increases college tuition, and threatens the future of online learning.
Chairman Good to Hold Hearing on Strengthening the Health Care Market — Tomorrow at 10:15A.M.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), will hold a hearing titled "Competition and Transparency: The Pathway Forward for a Stronger Health Care Market."
Hearing Recap: Health Care Transparency Edition
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Today’s Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee hearing addressed issues of health care competition and transparency, key areas in which legislation can bring costs down for American working families and small businesses.
Ohio manufacturer faces $171K in penalties after worker suffers amputation while operating machine that lacked adequate safety protections
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Quality Castings had near miss incident on same machine 8 months earlier
Federal investigators find JBS Foods failed to protect Green Bay plant worker from amputations by ignoring required safety standards
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
OSHA proposes $227K in penalties for Wisconsin facility of world-leading food producer
Unsafe bargain: Dallas-area Family Dollar store endangered employees by allowing blocked storeroom exits, walkways, unsafely stacked boxes
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Parent company, Dollar Tree Inc. fined $294K, cited in over 500 inspections since 2017
US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Dallas sign alliance to protect safety, health of Spanish-speaking workers
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Promotes employee workplace rights for Spanish-speaking workers
Federal investigators find Alabama tire shop did not follow procedures to protect workers from rim, tire failures after fatal explosion
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Neal Tindol Tire LLC failed to use restraining barrier during tire inflations
Hostess Brands faces $298K in penalties after federal investigators find company’s safety, training failures led to worker's amputation injury
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Inspectors determine facility did not follow required machine shut-down procedures
Illinois pizza manufacturer faces $2.8M in penalties after investigation into 29-year-old sanitation worker's death finds safety failures, lack of training
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Miracapo Pizza Company, staffing company failed to protect worker from machine hazards
Federal investigation finds Jacksonville treatment facility failed to improve worker safety procedures despite nearly 200 violent incidents in 2022
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Wekiva Springs Center LLC employees reported 10 assaults in 53 days by patients