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Neal Statement On Gop Tax Scam 2.0
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement responding to Republicans’ tax legislation that will be marked up in Committee next week:
Neal, Wyden, Smith, And Crapo Announce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation To Approve First Taiwan Trade Initiative Agreement
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR), House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID) today announced legislation to approve the first trade agreement signed under the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade and set robust transparency and consultation requirements for any future agreements negotiated under the initiative.
Senate HELP Committee to Mark Up Legislation on Thursday
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
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.
New Report Shows How Badly Big Pharma Is Ripping Off American People With Publicly Funded Medications
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
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.
Ranking Member Cassidy, Colleagues Unveil Landmark Package to Lower Education Costs and Student Debt
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced the groundbreaking Lowering Education Costs and Debt Act, a package of five bills aimed at directly addressing the issues driving the skyrocketing cost of higher education and the increasing amounts of debt students take on to attend school.
Media Advisory: Cassidy, Colleagues to Hold Press Conference on Legislative Solution to Lower College Costs and Student Debt
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
Tomorrow, June 14th, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) will hold a press conference to discuss their legislative solution to address the skyrocketing cost of higher education and the increasing amounts of debt students take on to attend college.
Ranking Member Cassidy Seeks Answers from Julie Su on Alarming Status of Labor Dispute at West Coast Ports
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, raised concerns to Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su regarding the stalled labor negotiations at West Coast ports, which have resulted in work stoppages and decreased productivity that has exacerbated the nation’s supply chain issues.
Ranking Member Cassidy Calls Out EEOC’s Failure to Fully Implement Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is seeking answers from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on its failure to propose rules on worker accommodations as required by the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). Cassidy was the lead Republican cosponsor of PWFA, which allowed access to reasonable workplace accommodations for pregnant workers or those affected with medical conditions related to childbirth.
Ranking Member Cassidy, Colleagues Hold Press Conference on Landmark Package to Lower Education Costs and Student Debt
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) held a press conference to discuss their groundbreaking Lowering Education Costs and Debt Act, a package of five bills aimed at directly addressing the issues driving the skyrocketing cost of higher education and the increasing amounts of debt students take on to attend school. The senators, along with U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), introduced the legislation earlier today.
Sanders, Jayapal and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Make College Tuition- and Debt-Free for Working Families
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
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 Op-Ed: Democrat Student Loan Mismanagement is Hurting Students, Borrowers, Taxpayers
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
For years, militant progressives have blamed student loan servicers, for-profit schools, and virtually anyone else they can think of other than themselves for the failures of postsecondary education and the system they created. Taxpayers and borrowers have seen enough failures from this approach to know better, and the public is no longer willing to entertain Democrats’ lack of personal accountability.
Chairman Good to Hold Hearing on Strengthening the Health Care Market
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
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.”
Chairman Owens Leads Hearing on Postsecondary Education Innovation
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
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":
@EdWorkforceCmte Pass Bills to Bolster Telehealth and Preserve Education
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
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: The NLRB and Big Labor Are Unabashed Bedfellows
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
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:
Chairwoman Foxx Delivers Opening Remarks at Markup to Bolster Telehealth and Preserve Education
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
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:
Chairman Owens to Hold Hearing on Innovation in Postsecondary Education — Tomorrow at 10:15A.M.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
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.”
Foxx Presses Becerra to Answer for Additional Burdens on Taxpayers and Harmful Health Care Policies
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
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, Owens Question Cardona about Fraud within Biden’s Student Loan Scam
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 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 Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona highlighting the potential for fraud within President Biden’s student loan scam.
Department Of Labor To Hold Online Seminars To Educate Current, Prospective Federal Contractors On Prevailing Wage Requirements
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Wage and Hour Division will offer online seminars for contracting agencies, contractors, unions, workers and other stakeholders on the requirements for paying prevailing wages on federally funded construction and service contracts.