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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.
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
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
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, 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Outdated Washington mandates force small businesses to take time away from serving their customers and employees.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Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) introduced the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act to relieve employers and workers from outdated, burdensome rules requiring employers to mail no longer needed tax paperwork to employees.
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: “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.
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.
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 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 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.
NEWS: Sanders Urges Biden Administration to Act to Lower Price of Alzheimer’s Treatment
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
Companies’ Plan to Charge $26,500 Per Year Could Bankrupt Medicare and America’s Seniors
MEDIA ADVISORY: HELP Committee to Hold Hearing on Youth Mental Health Crisis in America
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), will hold a hearing Thursday, June 8 at 10:00 a.m. ET titled, “Why Are So Many American Youth in a Mental Health Crisis? Exploring Causes and Solutions.”
Chairman Owens to Hold Hearing on Innovation in Postsecondary Education
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
On Wednesday, June 14, 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 Grills Su for Attempting to Evade Hearing, Poor Record at DOL
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 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 Labor:
Secretary Becerra Set to Testify Before the Committee to Outline HHS’s Budget and Priorities
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
On Tuesday, June 13th, 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.
Chairwoman Foxx Delivers Opening Remarks at Markup to Improve Student Outcomes and Health Care Options for Small Businesses
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee’s markupto consider four bills: H. Res. 461, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress disapproves of the use of public elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter for aliens not admitted to the United States; H.R. 1147, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023; H.R. 2868, the Association Health Plans Act; and H.R. 2813, the Self-Insurance Protection Act:
Foxx, Good, Walberg: Association Health Plans Help Small Businesses Thrive
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA), and Congressman Tim Walberg (R-MI) made the following statement in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) effort to block Virginia from implementing a law that expands health care access for small businesses:
As Illegal Migrant Child Labor Surges in U.S., DOL Turns a Blind Eye
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su to request information from the Department of Labor on how it plans to address the alarming increase of illegal child labor in the United States.
Department Of Labor Obtains Judgment In Recovery Of $650k For 26 Drivers Misclassified As Independent Contractors By Romero’s Food Products Inc.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 10, 2023
Food manufacturer denied employees overtime wages, other worker rights, protections