Chair's Press

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), today introduced the “Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility and Excellence (CARE) in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2007,” a bill that will improve patient safety and health care...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), today hailed passage in the House of Representatives of the “Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 2007,” a bill that reauthorizes a program to prevent deaths from traumatic...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), today applauded the House of Representatives for approving the “National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Reauthorization Act of 2007,” a bill to renew a program that...

“NCLB Reauthorization: Effective Strategies for Engaging Parents and Communities in Schools”I would like to thank Chairman Kennedy for holding this important hearing. Parental and community involvement are critical pieces of No Child Left Behind. The education of a child is not the sole responsibility of a single parent, family member,...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today reiterated his strong opposition to a Democrat-proposed bill that would eliminate a worker’s right to cast a private ballot when deciding whether to join a union, and would expose workers to pressure,...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, today hailed Senate approval of his bipartisan amendment to the budget bill that lays a financial foundation to support any health insurance proposal that would allow market-based, small business pooling plans to expand the range of affordable group health insurance plans available to the...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, today expressed disappointment with the Democrat majority’s rejection of his amendment to the budget bill that would protect small businesses and working families from runaway costs created by federal mandates. The amendment would have required a 60-vote threshold for the Senate to approve...

Washington D.C. – Moving to protect small businesses and working families from runaway costs created by federal mandates, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, today offered an amendment to the budget bill that would require a 60-vote threshold for the Senate to approve measures that impose new unfunded mandates, which are burdensome and costly...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), today applauded the HELP Committee’s approval of the “National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Reauthorization Act of 2007,” a bill to renew a program that brings...

ENZI COMMENDS HELP COMMITTEE APPROVAL OF BILL TO PREVENT DEATHS FROM TRAUMATIC INJURYWashington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), today said the HELP Committee has approved the “Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of...

Washington, D.C. – Speaking to the world’s largest human resources management association, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today called proposed legislation requiring employers to provide paid sick leave “a massive unfunded mandate on...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today said the renewal of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) must provide the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) new tools to better identify and manage safety issues and ensure that Americans never...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), today introduced the “Keeping Seniors Safe From Falls Act of 2007,” an innovative bill designed to expand research on approaches to fall prevention and treatment for America’s senior...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today said the rush to open a new regulatory pathway for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve generic biologics creates a monumental regulatory challenge that should not be a race to cut drug costs...

Washington, D.C. – “America no longer enjoys a monopoly on skilled workers or a patent on innovation,” U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee said today, stressing that to secure our place at the head of the global economy, we must ensure that...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today joined a bipartisan group of Senators, led by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), to introduce the “America COMPETES Act,” a bill he said is critical to...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today joined a bipartisan group of Senators, led by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), to introduce the “America COMPETES Act,” a bill he said is critical to...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., one of the four lawmakers central to the renewal of the No Child Left Behind education law, is focusing on how the law impacts rural schools while at the same time upholding the law’s core principles. Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction, Dr. Jim McBride, submitted a list of...

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 disappointed that House leaders have passed a version of mental health paritylegislation against stiff opposition, and urged leaders in the House and Senate to act onconsensus mental...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today condemned approval in the House of Representatives of a bill that would compromise a worker’s right to cast a private ballot when deciding whether to join a union, saying the bill would leave...