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30 Oct 2013, 11:29 am by Michael Markarian
The bipartisan legislation sponsored by HELP Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Ranking Member Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Sen. [read post]
20 Sep 2013, 8:16 am by Joy Waltemath
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), the senior Republican on the committee, issued a warning prior to the hearing on Griffin’s nomination, saying that he would be working on a way to restructure the Board so that it is “an umpire rather than an advocate. [read post]
2 Aug 2013, 5:47 am by Epstein Becker Green
During the Senate floor debate Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) questioned their ability to be impartial, stating “I’m not persuaded… that they’re able to transfer their position of advocacy to positions of judge, that they can be impartial when employers come before them. [read post]
2 Aug 2013, 5:46 am by Steven M. Swirsky
  During the Senate floor debate Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) questioned their ability to be impartial, stating “I’m not persuaded… that they’re able to transfer their position of advocacy to positions of judge, that they can be impartial when employers come before them. [read post]
25 Jul 2013, 10:14 am by Tammy Binford
Senator Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee Republican and ranking committee member, was among those voting against the nominations of Schiffer and Hirozawa. [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 1:41 pm by WIMS
      Senator Vitter indicated in a release that in November 2012, Senators Vitter and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) wrote a letter to former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, noting that the agency will not allow offshore oil and gas leasing in the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), and requested data on the economics of the wind lease sale to compare with "the value of a similar lease for oil and gas on equivalent acreage." [read post]
17 Jul 2013, 7:50 am by Tammy Binford
Senator Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee Republican and the committee’s ranking member, announced that he would oppose Block’s and Griffin’s nominations because they continued to sit on the Board after the D.C. [read post]
11 Jul 2013, 5:00 am
Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), opposed ENDA, but offered three amendments to the bill:In his opening remarks, he suggested providing more guidance for employers operating at shared facilities, a better definition of "transitioning" individuals and the elimination of a provision added in the manager's amendment to allow cases to proceed when employers have legitimate reasons for certain employment decisions. [read post]
2 Jul 2013, 1:41 pm
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7 Jun 2013, 3:46 pm by Maria
Senate Bill 982 was introduced on May 16, 2013 by Senator Lamar Alexander to enact the “Freedom to Fish Act” and signed into law less than one month later without amendments to the bill as Public Law 113-13. [read post]
3 Jun 2013, 6:46 am by James Hamilton
In a letter to the National Association of Attorneys General, Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Ranking Member Lamar Alexander R-TN) said that there may not be full disclosure around the practice of purchasing pension revenue streams. [read post]
22 May 2013, 1:40 pm by WIMS
Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Charles Schumer (D-NY), James Inhofe (R-OK), Tom Udall (D-NM), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Joe Manchin (D-WV), John Boozman (R-AR), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), and John Hoeven (R-ND). [read post]
20 May 2013, 3:47 am by Heidi Henson
Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn), Ranking Member of the HELP Committee, said following a committee hearing on Thursday, May 16, that he would oppose their nominations. [read post]
16 May 2013, 4:18 am by Heidi Henson
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), the Ranking Member of the HELP Committee, along with 13 other Republican senators, sent a letter on Tuesday, May 14, to Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) requesting that he call a hearing on the embattled agency’s funding request. [read post]
1 May 2013, 4:06 am by Heidi Henson
Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn), Ranking Member of the Senate HELP Committee, introduced a measure on Friday, April 26, that would prohibit the NLRB as currently comprised from taking any action that would require a quorum. [read post]
25 Apr 2013, 9:47 pm by Helena Bottemiller
Tom Harkin (D-IA), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Mark Kirk (R-IL), most of whom serve on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, said in a letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg that they support FDA’s recent efforts to encourage veterinary pharmaceutical drug companies to drop growth-promotion claims form their antimicrobial labels and to rein in injudicious uses. [read post]
12 Apr 2013, 3:50 am by Heidi Henson
” However, Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn), the committee’s ranking member, expressed other concerns. [read post]
10 Apr 2013, 4:21 am by Heidi Henson
Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn), Richard Burr (R-NC), Mike Johanns (R-Neb), Tom Coburn (R-Okla), and John Cornyn (R-Texas) have urged the administration to reexamine its plan to raise the cost of in-home companion care and perform “a more accurate analysis” to determine the “the actual cost that the proposed rule would have on recipients and caregivers. [read post]
1 Apr 2013, 11:40 pm by Old Fox
New enforcement police will be hired, armed and deployed to travel all over the country, stay in three-star hotels, eat free, and rent cars to check the books of your out-of-state suppliers.That's what my Senator Lamar Alexander wants. [read post]
27 Mar 2013, 4:48 am by Heidi Henson
“The NLRB has just one member today Senator Lamar Alexander just one Senate-confirmed, constitutional member — so it has no quorum,” Alexander said. [read post]