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Washington, DC – Two years after Congress passed the “Mine Improvement andNew Emergency Response Act” (MINER Act) ,U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY),Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee(HELP Committee), said the law has significantly improved mine safety and includesprovisions that will continue...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of theSenate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), todayintroduced a bill to expand and revitalize the two main federal employment and trainingprograms for persons with significant disabilities, paving the way to create more, betterjobs and restore...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Ranking Member of theSenate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), todayslammed the Democrat Budget Resolution, which he argued would force $1.2 trillion intax hikes on working families, cause an explosion in federal spending, and boost thealready growing national...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Ranking Member of theSenate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), todayissued the following statement on the tentative agreement to renew the President’sEmergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR): “The tentative agreement we have reached on the global AIDS...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Ranking Member of theSenate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), today saidthat Congress could better serve workers who lose their jobs through plant closures byreauthorizing critical workforce training programs, rather than by mandating an expandednotice of a...

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...