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U.S. SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS COMMITTEE HOLDS A HEARING ON FDA TOBACCO REGULATION
FEBRUARY 27, 2007
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Chairman [Edward M. Kennedy] said, "We have a responsibility to make the miracles of modern medicine available to every American. It's long past time for the nation's health care industry to adopt modern information technology. Such technology has revolutionized a wide array of American industries, and it holds the same promise for the health care industry. It has a clear capacity to increase efficiency and reduce costs at a time when the industry is being plagued by the alarming rise in health costs.
Doctors, hospitals, health care advocates, and the business community - including small business - are clamoring for Congress to take action and establish uniform health IT standards," Senator [Mike Enzi] said. "Time is of the essence - if we do not act, our health care system will move ...
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DEMOCRATIC LEADERS HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS THE SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS COMMITTEE HEARING ON THE JAMES ZADROGA...
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Education Management Corporation (Nasdaq: EDMC), a leading provider of post- secondary education, announced that it has sent two letters to the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions ("HELP") Committee, which is holding a hearing on Thursday on for-profit companies involved in the post-secondary education industry. Copies of the letters sent to the HELP Committee are available on the Investor Relations section of the Education Management website (www.edmc.edu).
Education Management Corporation (www.edmc.edu) is among the largest providers of private post-secondary education in North America, based on student enrollment and revenue, with a total of 101 locations in 31 U.S. states and Canada. We offer academic programs to our stud...
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DEAN ALLEN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MCKINSTRY COMPANY, DELIVERS TESTIMONY TO THE SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS COMMITTEE, AS...
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MARK H. AYERS, PRESIDENT, BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO, DELIVERS REMARKS TO THE SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND ...
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After months of delay, Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat, is expected to release his blueprint for education reform on Tuesday, following the White House, Senate Republicans and the House GOP in laying his cards on the table in the debate over what should replace the decade-old No Child Left Behind law.
Mr. Harkin, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, originally promised a bill in the spring. He pushed back his deadline multiple times, much to the chagrin of the Obama administration. The White House has frequently chastised Congress for its inability to reach compromise on education policy, an issue that has traditionally brought the two parties together.
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JOAN K. EVANS, DIRECTOR, WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SERVICES, DELIVERS TESTIMONY TO THE SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS CO...
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HILDA L. SOLIS, SECRETARY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DELIVERS TESTIMONY TO THE SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS COMMITTEE, AS REL...
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Washington - Students attending for-profit colleges are subject to subprime mortgage-like loans that saddle them with thousands of dollars in debt and waste millions in taxpayer dollars, Democratic lawmakers and education experts said at a Senate hearing Tuesday.
The hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee came just days after the Education Department issued new rules to deal with the student debt problem at career colleges, rules those at the hearing said did not go far enough.