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PREPARED REMARKS: HELP Committee Hearing on Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Pricing, CEO to Testify
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today led the committee in a hearing titled, “Taxpayers Paid Billions For It: So Why Would Moderna Consider Quadrupling the Price of the COVID Vaccine?”
Sanders Statement on Biden Administration Refusing to Lower Price of Vital Cancer Drug
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
en. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday issued the following statement after the administration rejected a march-in rights petition to lower the price of a vital cancer drug:
HELP Committee Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Cassidy, Casey, Romney Seek Information from Stakeholders on PAHPA Reauthorization
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), today along with Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) requested input from public health officials, health care providers, and other stakeholders on policies the Committee should consider during the reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA).
Foxx Pushes to Override Biden Veto and Protect America’s Retirement Savers
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
Ahead of a House vote to override President Biden’s veto of H.J. Res. 30, a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Biden administration’s rule encouraging retirement plan fiduciaries to consider or choose investments based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), delivered the following remarks (as prepared for delivery):
Foxx: PBGC Must Stop Improper Payments
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report finding that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) approved special financial assistance (SFA) applications that may have included deceased participants:
Foxx, Miller Demand Answers From the Department of Education on its Dangerous Interpretation of Title IX
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Vice-Chair Mary Miller (R-IL) sent a letter to Catherine E. Lhamon, Assistant Secretary of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, to slam the agency for its apparent indifference on the importance of Congressional oversight.
Chairwoman Foxx on Parents Bill of Rights
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the House Floor in support of H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act:
Owens: Saddling Future Generations with Others’ Debt is Not the American Way
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on the Biden administration’s student loan bailout and the devastating consequences to taxpayers:
Chairwoman Foxx Issues Subpoena Following Bombshell Whistleblower Allegations of Misconduct by NLRB Officials
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued a subpoena to the Assistant to the Regional Director for Region 15 of the National Labor Relations Board after she sounded the alarm about NLRB officials engaging in misconduct and failing to conduct fair and impartial elections.
Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development to Hold Hearing on “Diversity of Thought: Protecting Free Speech on College Campuses”
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
On Wednesday, March 29, 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 “Diversity of Thought: Protecting Free Speech on College Campuses.”
Foxx Questions Hospital on Use of Irreversible Medical Interventions on Healthy Children
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Dr. Kurt Newman, President and CEO of the Children's National Hospital, expressing concerns about "the erosion of parents' rights" and the use of "life-altering, irreversible medical interventions on children" at the hospital’s Youth Pride Clinic.
@EdworkforceCmte to Hold Full Committee Hearing: “Unleashing America’s Opportunities for Hiring and Employment”
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
On Tuesday, March 28, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a hearing titled “Unleashing America’s Opportunities for Hiring and Employment” which will examine how current economic conditions created by Biden administration policies are negatively impacting employment for workers and job creators.
Foxx Slams Biden for Vetoing Resolution Protecting Retirement Savers
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) slammed President Biden for using his first veto in office to block H.J. Res. 30, a Congressional Review Act resolution to ensure that retirement plans make investment decisions and exercise shareholder rights based only on the financial benefits to workers and retirees:
Chairwoman Foxx on GAO Decision to Uphold Congressional Authority
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) decision to defend the ability of Congress to conduct oversight on the Biden administration’s costly student loan bailout:
Federal court order aids Department of Labor recovery of $265K in back wages for 182 employees of Milford drywall contractor
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
On March 13, 2023, Judge Michael R. Barrett in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio entered a consent order and judgment against the drywall contractor. Under terms of the settlement, the drywall contractor agreed to pay a total of $265,000 – representing $132,500 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages – to 182 workers.
US Department of Labor sues Kansas restaurants, owner to recover $771K in minimum wage and overtime back wages, damages for 75 employees
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit against the owner of two Kansas restaurants who allegedly denied minimum and overtime wages to kitchen staff, servers, hosts and food runners after some worked as many as 66 hours per week.
US Department of Labor finds Hidalgo County wrongly denied full bonuses to workers who used legally protected Family and Medical Leave
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
Recovers $30K in back wages for 31 Head Start Program workers
Department of Labor finds Tennessee McDonald’s franchisee endangered minor who suffered deep fryer burn, assesses $3K civil penalty
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
A U.S. Department of Labor child labor investigation has found that the operator of a McDonald’s franchise location in Morristown assigned a 15-year-old employee – who suffered hot oil burns while using a deep fryer – to perform tasks considered hazardous for young workers.
Pesos on the dollar: US Department of Labor recovers $465K in back wages, damages from Carlsbad manufacturer who underpaid Mexican workers
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
A federal investigation has recovered $465,993 in back wages and liquidated damages for 44 employees of a California medical injection molding manufacturer who denied them their legally earned wages, including overtime, by incorrectly classifying many as trainees.
Unfit wages: US Department of Labor survey finds widespread violations by Southern California garment industry contractors, manufacturers
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
A survey of Southern California garment-sewing contractors and manufacturers by the U.S. Department of Labor has found workers making garments sold by many of the nation’s leading fashion retailers often continue to be victims of wage theft and employers’ illegal pay practices.