News from June 2023


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.


@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.


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."


Information Collection Activities; Comment Request discussed on June 13 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



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...


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.


@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.


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...


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...


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



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.


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."


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


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.


Notice published by Labor Department on June 14

The US Labor Department published a nine page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Labor Department discusses Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health on June 14

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


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.


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"...