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FAIR Act Brings Clarity to Student Loan Borrowers, Protects Taxpayers
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT), Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI), and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced H.R. 4144, the Federal Assistance to Initiate Repayment (FAIR) Act, which takes a critical step towards addressing the failures of the student loan program by providing a fair, responsible path back to repayment for 40 million borrowers.
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Federal investigation finds Jacksonville treatment facility failed to improve worker safety procedures despite nearly 200 violent incidents in 2022
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL - The findings of a federal workplace safety investigation are shocking - workers assaulted, confined by patients, and suffering broken bones and concussions and wounds from being scratched, bitten, punched and kicked - at a Jacksonville behavioral health and substance disorder facility.
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Foxx to Lead Hearing on Supporting the Shift towards Skills-Based Hiring
News Release: On Thursday, June 22, at 10:15 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a full Committee hearing titled “Competencies Over Degrees: Transitioning to a Skills-Based Economy."
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Illinois pizza manufacturer faces $2.8M in penalties after investigation into 29-year-old sanitation worker's death finds safety failures, lack of training
News Release: GURNEE, IL ‒ The operator of a specialty frozen pizza manufacturing plant in Illinois could have prevented the death of a 29-year-old sanitation worker by following proper machine safety procedures, a federal investigation has found.
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Chairman Owens Leads Hearing on Postsecondary Education Innovation
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT), delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Postsecondary Innovation: Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Opportunities"...
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63 press releases published in April by U.S. Department of Labor
There were 63 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Labor in April.
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Foxx, Owens Question Cardona about Fraud within Biden’s Student Loan Scam
News Release: WASHINGTON - 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 Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona highlighting the potential for fraud within President Biden’s student loan scam.
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NEWS: Sanders, Jayapal and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Make College Tuition- and Debt-Free for Working Families
News Release: The College for All Act would be fully paid for by the Tax on Wall Street Speculation Act, also introduced today by Sanders in the Senate and Lee in the House
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Chairman Good to Hold Hearing on Strengthening the Health Care Market
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, June 21, 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."
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Public press releases: Occupational Safety and Health Administration publishes 39 in March
There were 39 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in March.
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US Department of Labor renews 'Star Level' designation of Raytheon Co. site in Tewksbury for workplace safety, health achievements
News Release: US Department of Labor renews 'Star Level' designation of Raytheon Co. site in Tewksbury for workplace safety, health achievements
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Foxx: The NLRB and Big Labor Are Unabashed Bedfellows
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) latest ruling that takes a hatchet to the independent contractor model and ties the hands of workers and employers across the nation...
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Foxx Presses Becerra to Answer for Additional Burdens on Taxpayers and Harmful Health Care Policies
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement as prepared for delivery, at a hearing examining the policies and priorities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
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@EdWorkforceCmte Pass Bills to Bolster Telehealth and Preserve Education
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Education and the Workforce Committee passed H.R. 824, the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023, which will help ensure workers do not lose access to critical telehealth services they have come to rely on for the past three years. The Committee also passed H.R. 3941, the Schools Not Shelters Act, which puts the academic success and safety of America’s students first.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Senate HELP Committee to Mark Up Legislation on Thursday
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 13 - The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Thursday, June 15 will hold an Executive Session to mark up legislation at 10:00 a.m. ET.
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Chairwoman Foxx Delivers Opening Remarks at Markup to Bolster Telehealth and Preserve Education
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement as prepared for delivery, at the Committee's markup to consider two bills - H.R. 824, the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 and H.R. 3941, the Schools Not Shelters Act...
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Chairman Owens to Hold Hearing on Innovation in Postsecondary Education — Tomorrow at 10:15A.M.
News Release: Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), will hold a hearing titled “Postsecondary Innovation: Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Opportunities."
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@EdWorkforceCmte to Hold Markup on Bills that Bolster Telehealth and Preserve Education
News Release: Tomorrow, June 13, at 4 p.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a markup to consider H.R. 824, the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023, and H.R. 3941, the Schools Not Shelters Act.
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NEWS: New Report Shows How Badly Big Pharma Is Ripping Off American People With Publicly Funded Medications
News Release: The American People Pay the Highest Prices in the World For Lifesaving Prescription Drugs That They Helped Create. Report shows, over the last 20 years, the average price of new medical treatments that NIH scientists helped invent is $111,000 - more than ten times the price that led the NIH to first introduce a reasonable pricing clause in 1989.
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Wisconsin food manufacturer’s history of violations continues, federal investigators find safety failures led to two workers amputation injuries
News Release: ABBOTSFORD, WI - The operator of a north central Wisconsin meat and sausage manufacturing plant might have spared two employees from suffering serious hand injuries by following required machine safety standards, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found.