Nomination: Hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session on Nomination of Elaine Chao to be Secretary of Labor, January 24, 2001, Volume 4

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Page 3 - Labor shall be to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
Page 69 - ... its documents to an agency, claim that the documents are confidential and secure a ruling by the agency on that claim. Yet, such agencies have not always adhered to those procedures and have in fact denied submitters an opportunity for a presubmission determination of confidentiality.
Page 56 - LPA is a public policy advocacy organization representing senior human resource executives of over 200 leading employers doing business in the United States. LPA provides in-depth information, analysis, and opinion regarding current situations and emerging trends in labor and employment policy among its member companies, policy makers, and the general public. Collectively, LPA members employ over 19 million people worldwide and over 12 percent of the US private sector workforce.
Page 61 - The Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is responsible for...
Page 21 - STATEMENT OF HON. MITCH McCONNELL, A US SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF KENTUCKY Senator McCoNNELL. Thank you, Mr.
Page 7 - Senator Collins. OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR COLLINS Senator COLLINS. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Page 25 - I would be delighted to answer any questions. The CHAIRMAN. Thank you very much. I want to...
Page 13 - I thank you, and I wish you well. We look forward to working with you. The CHAIRMAN. Thank you, Senator Bond.
Page 1 - Building, Hon. Oren Harris (chairman of the committee) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. This morning the committee is meeting to hold hearings on HR 7309 by our colleague, Mr. Cederberg, and HR 9035 by our colleague Mr. Brown of California. These are substantially the same proposals as one which has already passed the Senate, S. 920, sponsored by Senator Goldwater. These bills are quite important.
Page 24 - And as we invest in critical job training, we are giving workers the bargaining power they need to custom-design their jobs around their lives instead of the other way around.

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