Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC— Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education,Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement today, strongly supportingthe recommendations by the President’s Cancer Panel for effective national action to reducethe danger of tobacco. “The recommendations eloquently reaffirm what...

WASHINGTON. DC— Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the SenateHealth, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement onthe mine collapses in Utah and Indiana. “The thoughts and prayers of all Americans are with our country’s mining communitiestoday. These are terrible tragedies, not only for...

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education,Labor and Pensions Committee, sent the following letter to Secretary Michael Leavitt of theDepartment of Health and Human Services, requesting information pertaining to possibleviolations of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996...

Washington, DC— Today Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, put out the following statement regarding today’sjobs numbers that reflect a notable increase in long-term unemployment. More than 1.3million Americans who are currently looking for work have been seeking a job for 26...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), applauded last night’s final passage of the “America COMPETES Act,” H.R. 2272, a bill to enhance American competitiveness in the 21st century global economy. “Fifty years after...

WASHINGTON, DC— Late last night, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the SenateHealth, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on thepassage by the United States Senate of the America COMPETES Act, which invests ineducation, especially in math, science, engineering, and technology, creates a...

WASHINGTON, DC— This morning, Senator Edward Kennedy, Majority Leader Harry Reid,Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressman John Dingell, sent the following letter to Andrew C.von Eschenbach, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, affirming their commitment to reaching aconference report to reauthorize the drug and device user fee programs, the...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) today said appointing conferees on a landmark FDA reform bill will only play into the hands of House Democrats who have backed away from a commitment to complete work on the measure before the August recess, and...

Psalms teach us that true leaders should “defend the afflicted among the people and save thechildren of the needy.” (Psalm 72:4)What says more about our character as a nation than how we care for the children of thiscountry?What says more about our morality than the way we ensure that each and every child canmake the most of their...

WASHINGTON, D.C.--Tonight, Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Pete Domenici announced abreakthrough in Mental Health Parity negotiations. The new agreement will protect all statelaws and provide equity in mental health treatment to 113 million Americans. Senator Kennedy said, “Tonight a major agreement was reached with the mental healthcommunity,...

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to thepassage of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007. “There is no truer test of our moral values as a nation than the way we...

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 that conferees from the Senate and House of Representatives have reached a bipartisan agreement on the “America COMPETES Act,” H.R. 2272, a bill to enhance American...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee), applauded last night’s Senate passage of the “Safety of Seniors (S.O.S.) Act of 2007,” S. 845, an innovative bill designed to expand research on approaches to fall prevention and...

WASHINGTON, DC‹ Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to thepassage by the HELP Committee of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. “Today, we put children back on the national agenda. The bipartisan...

Washington, D.C. - The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee today accepted an amendment to ban clove flavored tobacco offered by U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), the panel’s Ranking Member. Enzi’s clove amendment was added to a flawed Democrat bill, S.625, which would have allowed clove flavoring while requiring...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today denounced the HELP Committee’s approval of a Democrat bill he said “coddles Big Tobacco’s ambitious marketing plans while protecting the industry’s best tools to recruit and addict...

(As Prepared for Delivery) Many of the best ideas in public policy are the simplest. The Children’s Health InsuranceProgram is based on one simple and powerful idea – that all children deserve a healthy start inlife, and that no parents should have to worry about whether they can afford to take theirchild to the doctor when the child is...

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to thepassage by the United States House of Representatives of the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007. “No American should be denied equal pay for equal work. Employees’...

(As Prepared for Delivery) Many of the best ideas in public policy are the simplest. The Children’s Health InsuranceProgram is based on one simple and powerful idea – that all children deserve a healthy start inlife, and that no parents should have to worry about whether they can afford to take theirchild to the doctor when the child is...