Chair's Press

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today praised Senate Budget Committee Chair Kent Conrad (D-SD) for including an amendment to protect a key voluntary workplace safety program.  The Budget Committee agreed to an Enzi amendment that will...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee made the following statement today at the fourth in a series of hearings on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).  Today’s hearing focused on teachers and...

Chairman Harkin, I want to thank you for continuing the series of hearings on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) with the important issue of school improvement and turnaround.  We have worked to create a diverse witness list to share best practices and research with the Committee and I look forward to...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement regarding yesterday’s underground mine explosion at the Upper Big Branch South Coal Mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia: "It is with deep sadness that I join others in...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee made the following comments regarding this weekend’s passage of the health care bill in the U.S. House of Representatives: "Most Americans don’t want the health care bill the House just...

Washington, D.C. – At a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing today, Ranking Member Mike Enzi, (R-Wyo.), continued to champion greater flexibility for rural schools and better balancing of federal mandates with local control as the Committee considers the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary...

Washington, D.C. – The path to closing the earnings gap between women and men lies in providing the skills and training needed to enable more women - and men - to enter new higher-earning jobs, not burdening employers with new, unfunded mandates,” U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor...

Chairman Harkin, I want to thank you for starting this series of hearings on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).  Beginning with a hearing on the Importance of World-Class K-12 Education for Our Economic Success is an appropriate way to initiate our review of the issues surrounding reauthorization. ...

Mr. Chairman, thank you for convening today’s hearing on this important issue: childhood obesity.  Our nation faces an epidemic of childhood obesity.  As a result of this epidemic, millions of children are going to develop heart disease, diabetes and a host of other serious medical conditions.  Costs for programs like Medicare...

Washington, D.C.  –  U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement in response to the President’s Letter To Congressional Leaders On Health Insurance Reform: “The President’s bill is polarizing because it was put...

“I’m glad we had the opportunity to meet with the President today and talk frankly about our views on health care reform.  As I’ve been saying, I think it’s important that we move forward in a bipartisan way, work on the problems that are driving up costs and keeping millions of Americans from finding affordable health...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement on Thursday’s White House summit on health care reform: “Like most Americans, I agree that our health care system needs reform.  I am looking forward to...

Mr. President, I rise to oppose cloture on the nomination of Craig Becker to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board.  My colleagues know it is very unusual to have a cloture vote on a HELP Committee nominee, but this will be the second in as many weeks.  In fact, these two nominees are the only HELP nominations that I have...

Let me begin by thanking Chairman Harkin for holding a confirmation hearing this past Tuesday for Mr. Craig Becker, who is nominated to serve as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board. There were a number of concerns raised by Members of this Committee and I think it was important to hear additional testimony from Mr. Becker regarding these...

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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) issued the following statement on the vote scheduled to occur at 1 a.m. Monday to cut off debate and move toward final passage of the Reid health care bill: “As families across the country look forward to the Christmas holiday, Senate Democrats are planning to deliver an early lump of...

There’s been a lot of talk lately about “making history” on health care. The problem is, there are different kinds of history. In this case, the Democratic majority seems determined to pursue a political kamikaze mission toward a historic mistake. If it succeeds, the result will be disastrous for Democrats in 2010 and,...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) today said the Senate must say no to the enormous tax increase the Reid health care bill will lay on America’s middle class families and small businesses, and urged sending the measure back for a re-write that reins in the cost of health care instead. “If the Reid bill passes,...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and U.S. Reps. John Kline (R-MN) and Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today wrote college and university presidents regarding their legislation that would preserve critical student loan options for another year. The Members are working to extend the Federal Family Education...

Washington, D.C. – Although details of the latest Reid health bill are still not available for Senators or the American people to read, reports indicate that the latest proposals would make “a bad bill even worse,” U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (RWyo.) said today. “I really would like to see this marvelous new idea that’s...