WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Preston Cooper, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, from a Feb. 12, 2025, hearing entitled "Career Ready Students: Innovations From Community Colleges and the Private Sector": * * * Good morning, Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member DeLauro, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for the opportunity to  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform and Antitrust released the following testimony by Patrick A. McLaughlin, a senior fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, from a Feb. 11, 2025, hearing entitled "Reining in the Administrative State: Regulatory and Administrative Law Reform": * * * Regulations play a vital role in modern society, and with good design and management, regulations deliver important public benef  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released the following public communication dated Jan. 14, 2025, from the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies: * * * To: Douglas L. Parker Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 Re: Docket ID No. OSHA-2021-0009 Notice of Proposed Rulemakin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released the following public communication dated Jan. 14, 2025, from the Child Labor Coalition Director of Child Labor Advocacy Reid Maki: * * * To: The Honorable Doug Parker Assistant Secretary of Occupational Safety and Health Occupational Safety and Health Administration United States Department of Labor 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20210 RE: Child Labor Coalition Pub  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released the following public communication on Jan. 10, 2025, from Auman, Mahan and Furry Co. LPA, safety counsel to the Central States Insulation Association: * * * The law firm of Auman, Mahan, and Furry Co. LPA has partnered with the Central States Insulation Association (CSIA) to survey its members regarding the proposed standard, Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Wo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2025: * * * President Donald J. Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for Kentucky WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance is available to the Commonwealth of Kentucky to supplement response efforts to the emergency conditions in the area affected by severe storms, straight-line winds flooding and landslides beginning on F  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The White House issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2025: * * * President Donald J. Trump Approves Kentucky Emergency Declaration Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and ordered Federal assistance to supplement Commonwealth and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, and landslides beginning on February 14, 2025, and conti  more