Chair's Press

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Ranking Member of theSenate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), todaycalled on Congress to renew and improve the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and theHigher Education Act (HEA), saying that reauthorizing the programs is vital forAmerica’s community colleges...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Ranking Member of theSenate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), said he isstrongly opposed to the Democrat proposal to impose unionization on state and local firstresponders, adding that the bill would jeopardize national security, impose an enormousunfunded mandate...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Ranking Member of theSenate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), todaycosponsored legislation that will help returning troops in their transitions to civilianemployment by speeding paramedic training for veterans with military-based medicaltraining while addressing...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of the SenateHealth, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today praised President Bushfor swiftly signing into law legislation to ensure that students and parents can continue toaccess student loans for higher education through the Federal Family Education Loan(FFEL)...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of theSenate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today applauded theHouse of Representatives for its passage of the “Genetic Information Non-DiscriminationAct,” H.R. 493, a bill that will prohibit health insurers and employers from attempting to...

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), todayurged Members of the Committee to “think outside the box” to establish effective,innovative strategies to enhance workplace safety and prevent on-the-job injuries andfatalities. “No penalty can make up for the loss of a loved one,” Enzi said at...

Washington, D.C. –U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of theSenate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today cheered asPresident Bush signed into law legislation to help treat Americans, including returningsoldiers, living with traumatic brain injury (TBI). “Each year, approximately 1.5 million Americans...

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Senators Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health,Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Mike Enzi, Ranking Member of the HELPCommittee, Olympia Snowe and released the following statements following the passage of theGenetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). This legislation will prohibit genetic...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Edward Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education,Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Mike Enzi, Ranking Member of theHELP Committee, Senator Olympia Snowe, and Representative Louise Slaughter willspeak with reporters today, April 24th, following the expected passage of the GeneticInformation...

Washington, D.C. –U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of theSenate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today applauded theSenate for unanimously approving and sending to the President for his signaturelegislation to help treat Americans, including returning soldiers, living with traumaticbrain injury...

Washington, D.C. – At today’s Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions(HELP) Committee hearing on climate change and public health, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi(R-WY), Ranking Member of the HELP Committee, said that Congress should focus itsefforts on solving the health crises around the world related to poverty and a lack of...

Washington, D.C. –U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of theSenate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today introduced the“Small Business Health Plans Act of 2008,” bipartisan legislation that would expandaccess to affordable health care by allowing small businesses and working families topool...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member ofthe Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today rallied withSenator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Chairman of the HELP Committee, and the CEOs ofsome of America’s largest employers to urge passage of the “Wired for Health CareQuality Act,” S. 1693, a...

Washington, D.C. – Top members of a Senate committee that oversees minesafety regulations reacted today to the findings of a Labor Department report on the MineSafety and Health Administration’s response to the Crandall Canyon Mine tragedy.Sens. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), seniormembers of the...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), today said he is committed to developing a long-term, financially responsible solution for 9-11 healthcare “worthy of heroes.” At today’s HELP Committee hearing titled, “The...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Ranking Member of theSenate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), today saidhe is pleased that the HELP Committee approved a series of bills to enhance the publichealth, including measures to expand breast cancer research, advance standards formedical imaging...

In an effort to encourage all Americans, at all stages of theirlife, to discuss important end-of-life medical decisions with their loved ones, U.S.Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mike Enzi (R-WY) and U.S RepresentativePhil Gingrey (R-GA) today introduced a joint-resolution to recognize NationalHealth Care Decisions Day. “It’s not easy...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member ofthe Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today urgedCongress to apply the lessons learned as it restructured and doubled funding for theNational Institutes of Health (NIH) as it now considers the President’s request to doublefunding for basic research...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Ranking Member of theSenate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), is takingto the road next week to draw attention to the nation’s health care crisis and the stepsCongress can take to wrangle health care costs in America. From March 17 through March 20, Enzi...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of theSenate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today said thatCongress must renew and improve critical education and training programs to ensure thatall Americans have opportunities to develop the knowledge and skills they need to besuccessful and financially...