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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Alabama Newsletter for Sunday May 05, 2024 ( 2 items )  

House Education & Workforce Subcommittee Issues Testimony From Phifer VP DuBose
WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions released the following testimony by Russell DuBose, vice president of human resources at Phifer Inc., from a hearing dated April 16, 2024, entitled "ERISA's 50th Anniversary: the Path to Higher Quality, Lower Cost Health Care." ERISA is the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. * * * Chairman Good, Ranking Member DeSaulnier, and Members of the subcommittee: I am Russell  more

Tuberville: No Student Loan Bailouts for Convicted Antisemitic Protestors
WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) in introducing the No Bailouts for Campus Criminals Act, legislation preventing any pro-Hamas protestor on college campuses convicted of a crime from having their student loans forgiven. The bill comes after widespread, antisemitic protests continue to spread on college campuses across the United States. "I spent 40 years in education - our   more