News from 2023
Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Field Hearing on Trade in America: Securing Supply Chains and Protecting the American Worker – Staten Island
By DOL Newswire Report | May 13, 2023
“Welcome to today’s field hearing of the Ways and Means Committee about the future of America’s trade policy.
Chairman Smith Remarks at Rules Committee: H.R. 1163, the Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act
By DOL Newswire Report | May 13, 2023
“Thank you, Chairman Cole and Ranking Member McGovern for the opportunity to speak on this crucial legislation that will protect taxpayers and victims of fraud against the largest theft of tax dollars in American history.
Chairman Smith: President Biden Needs to Negotiate Because Inflation Is Not Just Going Away on Its Own
By DOL Newswire Report | May 13, 2023
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Consumer Price Index showed inflation remaining at an over 30-year high of 4.9 percent and prices increasing 15.3 percent since President Biden took office:
Smith, Crapo, Neal, and Wyden Announce Bipartisan, Bicameral Effort to Extend Tax Preferences to Taiwan
By DOL Newswire Report | May 13, 2023
House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID), House Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) released the following statement on a bipartisan, bicameral effort to alleviate double taxation between the United States and Taiwan:
Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Hearing on Examining Policies that Inhibit Innovation and Patient Access
By DOL Newswire Report | May 13, 2023
“Chairman Buchanan, Ranking Member Doggett – thank you for the opportunity to share a few thoughts on how current White House policies are threatening medical innovation and patient access to care.
Health Subcommittee Chairman Buchanan: Hearing on Examining Policies that Inhibit Innovation and Patient Access
By DOL Newswire Report | May 13, 2023
“Thank you all for being with us. Today’s hearing will focus on innovation and some of the biggest roadblocks.
Foxx, Comer, Sessions: Department of Education’s Student Loan Self-Certification Opens Door to Fraud
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) today are calling on Department of...
Labor Department discusses Proposed Exemption for Certain Prohibited Transaction Restrictions Involving UBS AG (UBS) and Credit Suisse Group AG (CSAG), Located in Zurich, Switzerland on May 12
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2023
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on May 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration publishes 32 press releases in February
By DOL Newswire | May 14, 2023
There were 32 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in February.
Carper Highlights Delaware Investments, WRDA 2022 Implementation During Army Corps Hearing
By USDOT Newswire Report | May 14, 2023
U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led a hearing to examine the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proposed budget for fiscal year 2024 and implementation of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022.
U.S. Department of Labor publishes 102 press releases in March
By DOL Newswire | May 15, 2023
There were 102 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Labor in March.
New ED Rule Would Steamroll Five Decades of Progress for Women’s Equality
By DOL Newswire | May 16, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), joined by 17 Committee Members, sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona objecting to the agency’s proposed rule, “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities...
Chairman Good to Hold Hearing on Protecting Employees’ Rights
By DOL Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: On Tuesday, May 23, 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 “Protecting Employees’ Rights: Ensuring Fair Elections at the NLRB."
Foxx Puts Cardona in the Hot Seat to Answer for Devastating Agenda
By DOL Newswire | May 17, 2023
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 Education...
US Department of Labor cites 2 employers after workers show elevated levels of inorganic arsenic at Georgia chemical manufacturing facility
By DOL Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: CONLEY, GA - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found that two companies operating at a Conley wood treatment chemical manufacturing facility exposed workers to chemical hazards.
DOL-ETA offers new grant application process starting May 17
By DOL Newswire | May 17, 2023
Critical Sector Job Quality Grants grant opened on May 17.
US Department of Labor finds Colorado contractor exposing workers to trench cave-ins, including one that caused teenager's fatal injuries
By DOL Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: DENVER - When federal workplace safety inspectors opened an investigation in March 2023 of an excavation worksite in Fort Collins, they determined GoldStar Excavation and Sewer was still ignoring the same federal safety standards that could have prevented a trench collapse in Greeley in the summer of 2022 that led to the death of a teenaged company employee.
US Department of Labor, Shipbuilders Council of America renew alliance to promote safe, healthful workplaces in Mid-Atlantic shipyard industry
By DOL Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Shipbuilders Council of America and its associate members have renewed an alliance to continue protecting the Mid-Atlantic region’s shipbuilding workers from workplace safety and health hazards.
OSHA encourages stakeholders to share feedback on effectiveness of leading indicators to improve, develop resource tool
By DOL Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is asking for stakeholder input on their current use of leading indicators and their impact on managing their safety and health management systems.
US Department of Labor places New Jersey manufacturer in Severe Violator Enforcement Program after worker suffers serious, preventable amputation
By DOL Newswire | May 19, 2023
News Release: BURLINGTON, NJ - An employee's first day of work at a southern New Jersey manufacturing facility ended tragically when he suffered the amputation of three fingers while operating a press brake without required safety guards, similar to violations cited by federal safety investigators at the facility in 2010 and 2015.