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Washington, D.C. – Despite the repeated promise from President Obama, Majority Leader Reid and Senate Democrats that “If you like the care you have, you can keep it,” the Reid health care bill would force between nine and ten million Americans to lose their employer-based health coverage, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) today urged his colleagues to support an amendment to the Reid health bill that would protect Medicare benefits for seniors and ensure that any savings in the Medicare program be used to shore up that insolvent program. “We shouldn’t cut Medicare, which is going broke, to pay for...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Chairman of the Appropriations Committee and John Rockefeller (D-WY), Chairman of the Commerce Committee joined by a group of 36 Senators today called on the National Mediation Board to provide fair...

(As prepared for delivery) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today delivered the following remarks on the Senatefloor. “Mr. President, we are now well into our seventh day of debate on the Patient Protection andAffordable Care Act. For many weeks,...

Washington, D.C. – Despite unbelievable claims and promises from many Senate Democrats that cutting a half-trillion dollars from Medicare will not affect beneficiaries, seniors know the truth: slashing Medicare will lead to reduced benefits and poorer quality of care, especially for patients who rely on home health agencies, U.S. Senator Mike...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today marked the 21st annual World AIDS Day by urging the United States and its partners across the world to expand their efforts to prevent the spread of the disease. “We have made tremendous progress...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) today made the followingremarks as the Senate moved closer to a critical vote on whether to move forward onthe Reid health care bill: “The Majority Leader has jammed ten pounds of entitlement spending into a fivepound sack. But he is not fooling the American people. The voices of August...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today issued the following statement after the Senate voted to conclude debate and proceed to consideration of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Harkin is Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. “Tonight, we have taken the first step toward...

Washington, D.C. – What would the Reid health care bill mean for smallbusinesses? More taxes, higher costs and new mandates. For workers, the billwould mean fewer jobs and lower wages, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), aformer small business owner, said in a speech on the Senate floor today.““How would more taxes, higher health...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of theSenate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, made the followingstatement on the health care bill released yesterday by Senate Majority Leader HarryReid: “We need health care reform, but it has to be done the right way. We have tobring down costs...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), have introduced S. 2796, bipartisan legislation to extend the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act (ECASLA). Senator Enzi said, “Students...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced today that the Committee approved two key Administration nominees during this morning’s Executive Session. David Michaels of Maryland to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and...

Washington, D.C. –A government task force has recommended womenshould not receive regular mammograms until they are 50. Is that a sign ofthings to come? U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.). said people should be asking thatquestion as Congress considers health care legislation that gives bureaucrats thepower to determine which treatments and...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the SenateHealth, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee today supported committeepassage of S. 510, The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, that will help prevent foodborne illness, and give FDA new, modern authorities to address food safety problems. “Food...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee) Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Ranking Member Mike Enzi (R-WY), along with other Senate leaders, today said strengthening public faith in the safety of food is crucial to public health and reaffirmed their commitment to enact bipartisan,...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today criticized the federal government's preparation and response to the H1N1 virus, saying vaccine production and distribution cannot continue to fall short of the public's need. "The Administration...

Washington, D.C. – Experts at the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO)have concluded that the health care bill passed by Democrats on the Senate Health, Education,Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee would balloon the national deficit by more than $1trillion, drive up total spending on health care and force millions of Americans to...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the SenateHealth, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today criticized the federalgovernment's preparation and response to the H1N1 virus, saying vaccine production anddistribution cannot continue to fall short of the public's need. "The Administration promised...

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing to address employment challenges that service members face when returning from a tour of duty. The hearing focused on the enforcement of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights...

Washington, D.C. – Responding to reports that unemployment rose to 10.2 percent,U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Laborand Pensions (HELP) Committee, said the troubling job losses announced today confirm thatthe economy is too fragile to stand the massive new spending contained in the...