George Miller News Archives

THE POLITICAL BATTLE over plans for a Nevada-style casino on the shores of San Francisco Bay demonstrates that our elected leaders cannot be counted on to maintain a consistent principled positions.

SENATE PRESIDENT Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg called Rep. George Miller and asked for the congressman's support sight unseen for the $11.1 billion water package a few days before it hit the floor of the Legislature.

The House passed an 'historic' health care bill last week-there was much celebration on the Democratic side, and wailing and gnashing of teeth from Republicans.

Some executives have received huge compensation packages even as their firms eliminated worker pensions.

As President Obama prepares to announce a new strategy and troop increase for the war in Afghanistan, many Democrats in Congress are bridling at the likely cost, as well as at the policy of an expanded engagement.

Business groups fear the H1N1 flu crisis could lead to legislation requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to workers.

Business groups fear the H1N1 flu crisis could lead to legislation requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to workers.

Four Valley Congressmen have raised their voices in Washington about the Valley's water crisis.

Top executives at four companies that jettisoned their employee pension plans received $49.5 million in retirement and severance benefits in the years before the companies filed for bankruptcy, while retirees saw their benefits cut by as much as two thirds, congressional investigators conclude in a report to be released today.

Republican lawmakers Wednesday sought to preserve the current Treasury backstop of the private student-loan marketplace, rather than pursue more ambitious plans favored by congressional Democrats and the Obama administration.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that she hopes to move on a jobs bill next month but cautioned against rushing in before Democrats have found the 'right initiative' to deal with whata s proved to be a very stubborn, deep recession for workers.

Advocacy groups and employers expressed concerns about an emergency paid sick leave bill designed to help workers who are stricken with the H1N1 flu at a Capitol Hill hearing on Tuesday, November 17.

Across the country, the arrival of the flu season has prompted companies of all sizes to weigh how to accommodate sick workers while keeping the business running.

Representative George Miller and House speaker Nancy Pelosi on Capitol Hill on Saturday.

The chief executive of a local coal mine that laid off 91 workers Friday lashed out at government policies that are choking the economy and putting other policies ahead of jobs for Americans.

Capping months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote on sweeping health care legislation late Friday and officials expressed optimism they had lined up the support needed to pass President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.

None of the statistics spewed out regarding the uninsured in this country are surprising, neither do they provide justification for the socialistic, health care "reform" forced upon us by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her cronies.

The H1N1 pandemic is raising concerns about people reporting to work sick and spreading the disease.

A funny thing is happening on the way to the impending health care showdown, as the Democrats try to turn the newly-passed House bill into something that can pass both Houses of Congress: Democrats are divided over abortion, and their divisions threaten to wreck the bill.

Abortion opponents in the Senate are seeking tough restrictions in the health care overhaul bill, a move that could roil a shaky Democratic effort to pass President Barack Obama's signature issue by year's end.

The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.

Andrew J. Rotherham is Co-Founder and Publisher of Education Sector and writes the blog Eduwonk.com. The languishing reauthorization of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is turning lawmakers into educational Michael Corleones, pulling them back into a business many fervently wish was over.

Against the backdrop of the H1N1 flu pandemic, Congressional Democrats are pushing for emergency sick leave legislation and using the crisis to garner support for a wider-ranging bill, both of which they say would help prevent a more rapid spread of the virus by mandating that employers provide workers paid time off.

The glow from a health care triumph quickly faded for President Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.

Americans infected by the H1N1 flu virus would be guaranteed paid sick leave under emergency legislation U.S. Senator Chris Dodd plans to unveil on Tuesday in response to the swine flu pandemic.

Health officials are telling people with the H1N1 virus to steer clear of the workplace.

A A Nov. 9: Morning Meeting's Dylan Ratigan speaks with Rep. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., about the amendments in the House health reform bill which may prevent it from being passed in the Senate.

The bill provides health coverage to millions who don't have it now and require employers to offer it to their workers Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, is joined by Majority Whip James Clyburn, left, and Rep.

When some lawmakers argued that Nancy Pelosi was turning her back on a decades-long campaign by Democratic women members in support of abortion rights, Rep.

The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.

The Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed landmark health care reform legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard won victory on his signature domestic priority.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, left, and Rep. George Miller exult at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday night.

Handing President Obama a hard-fought victory, the House narrowly approved a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system on Saturday, advancing legislation that the Democrats said could be their defining social policy achievement.

Cong. Henry Brown South Carolina [courtesy photo] The Republican Press Secretary at the House Natural Resources Committee has rejected Congressman Faleomavaega Eni's claims that the Republicans were responsible for the hike in the minimum wage committee for American Samoa but Faleomavaega maintains his stand that it was his Republican colleagues ...

Emergency legislation announced Tuesday by two Bay Area U.S. representatives will guarantee five paid sick days to part and full-time workers who are sent home by their employer for a contagious illness, such as the H1N1 flu virus.

U.S. Rep. George Miller speaks during a news conference to introduce the 'Protect America's Wildlife Act' on Capitol Hill September 25, 2007 in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON a ' A senior House lawmaker is asking Congress to guarantee paid sick leave to workers if their employer asks them to stay home with swine flu or a similar contagious illness.

" Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray , and Representatives John Yarmuth and Jared Polis announced they would introduce major legislation to fund comprehensive literacy programs in states across the country.

Employers' sick-leave policies that may be contributing to the spread of the swine flu are the target of a bill being considered by Congress.

After years of gridlock and failure, California lawmakers reached a historic agreement in Wednesday's pre-dawn hours to address one of California's most vexing problems: its vulnerable water supply and a dying Delta ecosystem.

WASHINGTON - Workers sent home sick with the swine flu or another contagious illness would be guaranteed up to five days' paid sick leave annually under congressional legislation proposed Tuesday.

U.S. employers who tell workers to stay home when they are sick will have to give them paid time off for up to five days under new federal legislation proposed on Tuesday.

The issue of abortion coverage in the House health care reform bill continues to divide Democrats as House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer prepares to move the bill to the floor, CQ Today reports.

Exuding the type of exuberance over wonky-sounding pensionfund legislation that only a former state insurance commissioner could display, Rep.