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WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a hearing today on addressing the challenges in paying for college education, Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, said while reauthorizing the Higher Education Act and looking for ways that the federal government can better serve American...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a report today touting alleged savings from the new health care law while ignoring the increase in total health care...

National Mediation Board 1301 K Street, NW, Suite 250E Washington, D.C. 20005 RE: Docket Number C-7034, Proposed Rules on Representation Procedures and Rulemaking Authority Dear Chairman Hoglander: The undersigned Senators submit the following written comments in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued by the National Mediation...

August 3, 2012 The Honorable Hilda Solis U.S. Department of Labor 200 Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20210   Dear Secretary Solis, I write regarding Training and Enforcement Guidance Letter (TEGL) Number 3-12, issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) on July 30, 2012.  In the Guidance, DOL advises that requiring defense contractors to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During comments made at the 2012 International AIDS Conference held in Washington, D.C. this week, Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, said that an AIDS-free generation is possible as long as everyone continues to work to make progress in fighting...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today said great progress has been made in the global fight against HIV/AIDS, but there still remains much work to be done.  Enzi released his statement to mark the start of the International AIDS Conference,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined HELP Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA), and Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Richard Burr (R-NC) to voice concerns with the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) management of the Ryan White...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a hearing today on addressing the urgency of making college affordability a priority, Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, said higher education institutions must lead the way to find innovative methods to cut costs and save students money....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today said that after the Supreme Court decision, Congress must learn from its mistakes. Click here to watch Senator Enzi’s statement on the recent Supreme Court health care decision # # #

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on the new health care law: “It is disappointing that the Supreme Court has upheld the Constitutionality of the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Ranking Member and Chairman on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, this week introduced legislation to ensure the quality of medical care, improve patient safety and provide health care cost savings.  The bill, calledthe...

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK), Michael Enzi (R-WY), and Richard Burr (R-NC) sent the following letter to Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Administrator Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, coinciding with two new reports, requested by the Senators, that the Government Accountability Office (GAO)...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said he was disappointed the Senate rejected the Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees (RAISE) Act which was offered as an amendment to the farm bill today.  The RAISE Act amendment would...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a hearing today on addressing the importance of the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Olmstead, which held that individuals with disabilities are entitled to community-based long-term care services where appropriate, Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP)...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a hearing today on the forty-year anniversary of Title IX, the groundbreaking law that ensured equal educational opportunities for women, Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, said although there has been remarkable progress, America must not...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyoming), and Tom A. Coburn, M.D. (R-Oklahoma) wrote a letter expressing their concerns that a potential regulation being considered by the Obama Administration could force small businesses into more regulated plans and cause millions of Americans to lose their...

 The Atlantic Op-Ed - Time to Fix America's Broken Health Care System Instead of interfering in private innovation, Washington needs to let new ideas thrive. By Mike Enzi It is time to get serious about improving the quality of our country's health care system and lowering its cost for hardworking American families. We must rescue...

The Hill Op-Ed - Passing FDA bill will save lives By Sens. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) As work in our nation’s capital slowly grinds to a halt because of election-year politics, several members of Congress are quietly working on bipartisan legislation that will help patients, create jobs and save lives.  The legislation...

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  During remarks made in support of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) User Fee Reauthorization Bill (S. 3187), Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, said this legislation represents a strong bipartisan approach in making important changes to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a hearing on addressing the importance of balancing work and family in today’s economy, Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, said for too many Americans, the daily struggle is not how to balance a job, but how to get a job.  Enzi...