News from June 2023
Ranking Member Cassidy Blasts Biden Veto of CRA to Overturn Unfair Student Loan Scheme
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, blasted President Biden’s veto of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution overturning the administration’s student loan scheme, which would transfer up to $20,000 in student loan debt per borrower onto taxpayers, costing an estimated $400 billion.
Ranking Member Cassidy on Senate Vote to Overturn Biden’s Unfair Student Loan Schemes
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 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 U.S. Senate passage of his Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn President Biden’s student debt cancelation and the loan repayment pause, which is estimated to cost taxpayers nearly $600 billion.
Ranking Member Cassidy, Tuberville Attempt to Uncover Details of Tragic Deaths During NIH-Funded Transgender Youth Study
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) are seeking answers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) following the suicide deaths of two youth participants who were involved in a NIH-funded study that observed the effects of hormone treatments on transgender youths as young as 12 years old.
Ranking Member Cassidy, Thune, Capito Seek Answers on the True Cost of Biden’s Loan Schemes
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, John Thune (R-SD), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) urged U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary Miguel Cardona to abandon the agency’s unfair student loan schemes and instead focus on preparing borrowers and loan servicers to resume student loan repayments.
Chairman Smith: “Help Wanted” Signs in Store Windows Are Small Business’s Cry for Relief in Biden Economy
By Homeland Newswire Report DOL Newswire Report | Jun 11, 2023
Signs reading “Going Out of Business” may soon begin appearing up and down main streets across America, as small businesses are increasingly preparing for a recession. For more than two years, small businesses have faced multiple crises that have left them with fewer workers, smaller inventories, and less income, whether it is skyrocketing prices, spiraling wages to stay competitive in the labor market, supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, or rising interest rates.
Malliotakis, Steel Lead Legislation to Provide Tax Relief to Working Families
By Homeland Newswire Report DOL Newswire Report | Jun 11, 2023
Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and Congresswoman Michelle Steel (CA-45), members of the House Committee on Ways & Means, introduced the Working Families Tax Cut Act, legislation that would give middle-class Americans a guaranteed deduction bonus for the next two years.
Chairman Smith, Representative Panetta Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Paperwork Burden For Small Businesses and Workers
By Homeland Newswire Report DOL Newswire Report | Jun 11, 2023
Outdated Washington mandates force small businesses to take time away from serving their customers and employees. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) and Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) introduced the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act to relieve employers and workers from outdated, burdensome rules requiring employers to mail no longer needed tax paperwork to employees.
WSJ: Biden OECD Tax Deal Makes “U.S. Even Less Competitive”
By Homeland Newswire Report DOL Newswire Report | Jun 11, 2023
Without congressional input or oversight, the Biden Administration has negotiated a global tax surrender to foreign bureaucrats that will kill American jobs, cost America tax revenue, and hand Communist China a competitive edge in the global economy.
Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Markup of Health Care and Social Security Bills
By Homeland Newswire Report DOL Newswire Report | Jun 11, 2023
Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Markup of Health Care and Social Security Bills
Chairman Smith Committee Remarks: Paperwork Burden Reduction Act
By Homeland Newswire Report DOL Newswire Report | Jun 11, 2023
Chairman Smith Committee Remarks: Paperwork Burden Reduction Act
Ways and Means Passes Bipartisan Legislation to Cut Red Tape and Improve Federal Responsiveness for Americans with Compromised Social Security Numbers
By Homeland Newswire Report DOL Newswire Report | Jun 11, 2023
Americans whose Social Security numbers (SSNs) have been compromised or misused ought to have an easier time getting help from the Social Security Administration (SSA). To that end, the Ways and Means Committee adopted two bipartisan bills that cut red tape for Americans whose SSNs have been compromised or misused.
Week ending May 27: Labor Department publishes 10 notices
By DOL Newswire | Jun 11, 2023
There were 10 notices published by the Labor Department in week ending May 27, according to the Federal Register.
Secretary Becerra to Testify Before the Committee to Outline HHS’s Budget and Priorities — Tomorrow at 10:15A.M.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
Tomorrow, 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 “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Health and Human Services.” Secretary Xavier Becerra will testify at the hearing.
@EdWorkforceCmte to Hold Markup on Bills that Bolster Telehealth and Preserve Education
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 12, 2023
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.
Secretary Becerra to Testify Before the Committee to Outline HHS’s Budget and Priorities — Tomorrow at 10:15A.M.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2023
News Release: Tomorrow, 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 “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Health and Human Services." Secretary Xavier Becerra will testify at the hearing.
“TRIBUTE TO KEN REICHARD” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on June 7
By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2023
The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “TRIBUTE TO KEN REICHARD” on June 7.
Department of Labor cites entertainment company in Orlando fireworks warehouse blaze, explosion in which 4 workers perished
By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2023
News Release: ORLANDO, FL - A Florida-based entertainment company could have prevented a deadly fire and explosion at an Orlando warehouse in December 2022 in which four employees perished and a fifth was left hospitalized for months with near-fatal injuries, a federal workplace safety investigation has found.
Labor Department publishes notice on June 12
By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2023
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
US Department of Labor urges landscaping industry employers to stay focused on protecting employees from hazards as demands increase
By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The familiar sounds of weed trimmers and lawn mowers and the sights of landscaping workers are familiar sights in many neighborhoods, office parks and other locations. For people doing these jobs, including young people employed for the summer, the work exposes them to hazards such as moving machine parts, heat exposure, falling trees and toxic chemicals.
Wisconsin food manufacturer’s history of violations continues, federal investigators find safety failures led to two workers amputation injuries
By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2023
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.