Press Releases and other information

1. 11/8/2006 Press Release -- Education and Labor
   Representative Miller Statement On Education & Workforce Plans

2. 11/3/2006 Press Release -- Labor
   Representative Miller Asks for Details From Labor Department on Shady Practices of High-Ranking Political Appointee

3. 10/6/2006 Press Release -- Economy
   Representative Miller Statement On Economy And Jobs Numbers; "With a New Direction, We Can Create a Strong Economy that Benefits Every American Family”

4. 10/4/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
   Representative Miller Statement On Inspector General Report On MSHA Complaints Process

5. 10/3/2006 Press Release -- Worker Rights
   Representative Miller: Bush NLRB Attacks Workplace Rights of Millions of Workers

6. 9/27/2006 Press Release -- Minimum Wage
   Leading House Democrats Urge 48 Republicans to "Back Up Words with Action" On the Minimum Wage

7. 9/22/2006 Press Release -- Economy
   With A New Direction For The Country, The American Dream Can Be Restored, Say House Democrats; At Economic Forum, Economists and Worker Advocates Say Most Workers are Losing Ground in the Bush Economy

8. 9/12/2006 Press Release -- Employee Flexibility
   Representative Miller Urges GOP Leaders to Drop Opposition to Supporting Military Families; Provisions Would Give Military Families More Flexibility at Work

9. 9/6/2006 Press Release -- Employee Flexibility
   Miller Urges McKeon to Support Leave Flexibility for Military Family Caregivers

10. 9/6/2006 Press Release -- Worker Safety
    Democrats Renew Demand For Hearings On Health And Safety Of 9/11 Workers

11. 9/4/2006 Op-Ed from the New York Times Herald-Record by George Miller -- Economy
    Workers Falling Behind in the Bush Economy

12. 9/1/2006 Press Release -- Labor Day
    Representative Miller Statement On Labor Day; With a New Direction, U.S. Can Have a Growing Economy That Benefits Everyone

13. 8/31/2006 Press Release -- Wages
    Representative Miller Statement on Recess Appointment of Paul DeCamp

14. 8/29/2006 Press Release -- New Direction
    Representative Miller: With 37 Million Americans in Poverty, it’s Time for a New Direction For America

15. 8/18/2006 Press Release -- Minimum Wage
    Representative Miller Statement On 10th Anniversary Of Last Minimum Wage Increase

16. 8/17/2006 Press Release -- Retirement
    Miller And Rangel Say Pension Bill Does Not Address U.S. Retirement Security Crisis

17. 8/14/2006 Press Release -- Wages
    Democrats: Administration’s Failure to Enforce Labor and Immigration Laws Hurts Working Americans

18. 8/4/2006 Press Release -- Minimum Wage
    Representative Miller: Democrats Will Press Ahead For A Real Increase In The Minimum Wage

19. 8/2/2006 Press Release -- Worker Safety
    Lawmakers Call On Chao To Take Immediate Steps To Prevent Lung Disease Among Workers In Food Flavoring Industry

20. 8/1/2006 Press Release -- Pensions
    CBO Confirms that Republican Pension Bill Would Worsen Retirement Security Crisis; PBGC Refuses to Provide Additional Analysis on Pension Bill to Congress

21. 8/1/2006 Press Release -- Wage Cuts
    Republican Legislation Would Lead To Wage Cuts For Tipped Workers In Seven States; Workers in AK, CA, MN, MT, NV, OR, WA, and Guam Would See Wage Cuts

22. 7/29/2006 Press Release -- Minimum Wage
    House Republicans Doom Minimum Wage Increase, Says Representative Miller; GOP Refuses to Vote for Minimum Wage Increase That Has Real Chance of Being Enacted

23. 7/28/2006 Press Release -- Pensions
    Representative Miller: Republican Pension Bill Misses Opportunity To Solve Crisis Facing American Workers And Retirees

24. 7/27/2006 Press Release -- Minimum Wage
    Hoyer & Miller to GOP Leadership: Don’t Play Political Games with Minimum Wage; New Analysis Shows Past Republican Efforts to Poison Wage Increases; Hoyer And Miller: AHPs Are A Poison Pill On Minimum Wage Vote

25. 7/24/2006 Press Release -- Pensions
    Representative Miller Releases PBGC Analysis That Shows That GOP Proposals Would Worsen Private Pension Crisis

26. 7/20/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    Representative Miller Statement on SAGO Report

27. 7/19/2006 Press Release -- Guest Worker Programs
    Representative Miller Statement at House Education and the Workforce Committee Hearing on Guest Worker Programs

28. 7/18/2006 Press Release -- Minimum Wage
    Representative Miller Calls For Clean Vote on Minimum Wage Before August Recess; Miller Also Calls on Representative Boehner to Correct Intentionally False Comments on Minimum Wage

29. 7/18/2006 Press Release -- Religious Discrimination
    GAO Finds the Bush Administration's Faith-Based Initiative Lacks Safeguards Against Religious Discrimination; Study Released By Representatives Miller & Stark Also Shows Lack of Accountability for Results

30. 7/14/2006 Press Release -- Minimum Wage
    House Democrats Visit Louisville to Discuss Need to Increase Minimum Wage

31. 7/13/2006 Press Release -- Labor Protections
    New Report: Workers’ Rights Under Attack by President Bush’s National Labor Relations Board; Analysis of NLRB Rulings Show a Significant Roll Back of Labor Protections

32. 7/12/2006 Press Release -- Minimum Wage
    Representative George Miller Continues to Challenge Republican Leadership to Raise the Minimum Wage; Vote On Education Bill Shows Growing Bi-Partisan Support for Wage Hike

33. 7/11/2006 Press Release -- Minimum Wage
    For Fifth Time In Two Weeks, House Republicans Block Minimum Wage Increase

34. 7/5/2006 Press Release -- Worker Safety
    House Democrats Call For Investigation Into Bush Administration Practice Of Suspending Worker Safety Laws After Major Disasters

35. 6/29/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    Representative Miller Calls on Secretary Chao to Provide Critical Answers About MSHA’S Investigation into Darby Mine Tragedy; Miller Seeks Answers After News Reports That MSHA Is Refusing to Ask Questions of Key Darby Mine Inspector

36. 6/27/2006 Press Release -- Minimum Wage
    Representative Miller Statement On Out-Of-Control CEO-To-Worker Pay Ratio; Miller Again Calls for Minimum Wage Increase

37. 6/23/2006 Press Release -- Economy
    Representative Miller Statement On Cheney Speech On Economy Today

38. 6/22/2006 Press Release -- Minimum Wage
    Republicans Make Their Priorities Clear: More Tax Cuts For Millionaires, No Raise For Working Americans

39. 6/22/2006 Press Release -- Minimum Wage
    Miller Statement on Boehner’s Comments That House Might Vote on Minimum Wage

40. 6/20/2006 Statement -- Minimum Wage
    Representative Miller: Time For Republican Leaders To Stop Blocking Minimum Wage Increase

41. 6/20/2006 Press Release -- Retirement
    Representative Miller Statement On Energy Department Decision To Suspend Controversial Contractor Benefits Policy

42. 6/16/2006 Press Release -- Pensions
    Representatives Miller, Andrews: Delta's Termination Of Pilot Pensions Shows Urgent Need For Airline Relief In Pension Reform Bill; Miller and Andrews Also Call On Republican Leadership to End Exclusion of Democrats from Pension Conference Negotiations

43. 6/15/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    Representative Miller Statement on Signing of Miner Act (S. 2803)

44. 6/13/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    Representative Miller Statement In Opposition to Bush Nominee to Run Mine Safety Agency

45. 6/13/2006 Press Release -- Minimum Wage
    New Analysis: Minimum Wage At Lowest Level In Half A Century; Representative Miller and Whip Hoyer Say Milestone Should Shame Congress Into Acting; Whip Offers Miller Bill as Amendment Today

46. 6/7/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    With Vote On Mine Safety Bill Over, Miller Vows To Continue To Push For Protections For Miners

47. 6/6/2006 Press Release -- Social Security
    Miller Blasts Republicans For Plan to Resurrect the Dismantling of Social Security

48. 6/1/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    Miller Urges Boehner To Allow House To Consider Key Amendments To Strengthen Mine Safety Bill; Also Urges Democratic Colleagues to Withhold Support of Senate Bill Unless Amendments Are Included

49. 6/1/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    Miller-Chandler Statement on Kentucky Governor’s Refusal to Allow Family Representatives into Darby Interviews

50. 5/31/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    West Virginia Industry/Labor Mine Technology Task Force Recommends Adoption of Communcations Devices in 15 Months and 48 Hours of Emergency Air Supply; Also, Lead Sago Investigator Calls for Field-Testing Individual Oxygen Devices

51. 5/25/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    Miller Releases Statement From Sago Families; Also Releases Statement from Mine Safety Expert

52. 5/25/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    Miller Urges House To Pass Senate Mine Safety Bill With Improvements Today

53. 5/24/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    Representative Miller Statement On Norwood Legislation On Coal Mining

54. 5/20/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    Representative Miller Statement On Kentucky Mine Tragedy

55. 5/16/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    House Democrats Introduce Updated Mine Safety Legislation, Urge the House to Act Immediately; Despite 26 Coal Mining Deaths This Year, House Has Yet to Act

56. 5/11/2006 Press Release -- Retirement and Worker Health
    House Democrats Introduce Legislation To Undo Energy Department's Contractor Benefits Policy

57. 5/10/2006 Press Release -- Retirement and Worker Health
    House Democrats To President: Rescind New Administration Policy That Weakens Worker Health And Retirement Security; Lawmakers Criticize Bush Energy Department Policy That Undercuts Pension, Medical Benefits

58. 5/3/2006 Press Release -- Pensions
    House Democrats Win Vote on Pension Fairness

59. 5/3/2006 Press Release -- U.S. Economy
    Representative Miller Statement on Bush Remarks on Economy Today

60. 5/2/2006 Press Release -- Pensions
    Representatives Miller and Markey Question PBGC On Its Use Of Consultant Wilshire Associates; Letter Follows Labor Department’s Subpoena of Wilshire Associates as Part of Government Investigation of Conflicts of Interest in the Pension Consulting Industry

61. 4/28/2006 Press Release -- Pensions
    Bush Administration Undermines Traditional Pensions By Pushing Government Contractors to Scrap Them

62. 4/27/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    Statement by Representative Miller on the Recently Released Letter by Mr. Randal McCloy

63. 4/25/2006 Press Release -- Wages
    Congress Must Act to Close the Wage Gap Between Men and Women, Representative Miller Says; Democratic Legislation Would Ensure that Women Earn the Same Pay as Men for the Same Work

64. 4/24/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    Representative Miller Issues Urgent Call For Mine Safety Investigation in Light of New Allegations; Newspaper Reports that Safety Inspector Who Wanted to Close Aracoma Mine was Overruled

65. 4/7/2006 Press Release -- President Bush and the Economy
    Representative Miller: On Economy, President Bush Completely Out of Touch With Reality

66. 4/6/2006 Press Release -- Retirement and Pensions
    House Democrats Win Vote to Protect Retirement Benefits of Older Workers; House Approves Representative Miller’s Motion on Cash Balance Plans

67. 4/6/2006 Press Release -- Innovation Agenda
    Representative Miller, Democrats Call for Commitment to Competitiveness to Keep America No. 1; Hearing Again Raises Concerns that Administration’s Talk on Competitiveness Is Empty Rhetoric

68. 4/5/2006 Press Release -- Retirement and Pensions
    Severe Cuts to United Airlines Employees’ Pension Benefits Shows Need to Stop Pension Plan Dumping, Says Miller

69. 3/31/2006 Press Release -- Worker Wages
    Representative Miller Calls Delphi Move To Kill Labor Contracts In Bankruptcy Court 'Deeply Regrettable'

70. 3/31/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    Three Months After Sago, Miller Renews Call for Congress to Act on Mine Safety Legislation

71. 3/28/2006 Press Release -- Wages
    House Democratic Leaders Press Republicans to Pass Much Delayed Minimum Wage Increase After Bush Officials Signal Openess to Wage Increase

72. 3/8/2006 Press Release -- Pensions
    House Democrats Win Vote to Help Protect Airline Workers' Pensions

73. 3/7/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    MSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard Does Not Go Far Enough to Protect Miners; Regulation Does Not Address Important Equipment and Other Safety Needs

74. 3/7/2006 Press Release -- Minimum Wage
    House Democrats Try to Force Vote on Increasing the Minimum Wage; Democrats Call on Rank-and-File Republicans to Buck Their Leadership’s Longstanding Opposition to Giving Workers a Raise

75. 3/3/2006 Press Release -- Job Training
    President Bush Defends Unfair Trade Practices That Put American Jobs at Risk; Touts Job Training – Even While His Budget Would Axe Job Training Programs

76. 3/3/2006 Press Release -- Bush Budget Hurts Small Businesses
    Miller Says Bush Budget Cuts Will Undermine California Small Businesses

77. 3/1/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    Representative Miller Statement on Mine Safety at Subcommittee Hearing

78. 2/17/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    Miller Calls for Labor Department to Conduct Immediate Public Hearings in Sago and Other Mine Disaster Investigations

79. 2/16/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    Miller Statement on MSHA Announcement Today on Mine Safety Fines

80. 2/13/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    Miners, Miners’ Families Testify at Congressional Forum on Mine Safety

81. 1/31/2006 Press Release -- Affordable Health Care
    America Needs Affordable Health Care, but Will Only Get Window Dressing From President Tonight; Representatives Miller & Kind Say AHPs Will Not Promote Affordable Health Care

82. 1/31/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    New Report: Bush Administration Systematically Undermining Health and Safety of Mine Workers; Representative George Miller Renews Call for Congressional Hearings

83. 2/6/2006 Issue -- Op-ed from the Nation
    Representative George Miller on Employee Free Choice

84. 1/25/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    Miller Statement on MSHA Injunction Against International Coal Group; Calls on Company to Stop Interfering with Investigation

85. 1/25/2006 Press Release -- Mine Safety
    Lawmakers Say Bush Administration Has Always Had Authority to Issue Large Mine Safety Fines, But Has Refused to Use It

86. 1/19/2006 Press Release -- Workplace Safety
    Lawmakers Urge Labor Department Not To Scrap Plan to Protect Mine Workers From Diesel Fumes;Key Safety Measure Was to Take Effect Tomorrow

87. 1/18/2006 Press Release -- Low Wages
    Representative Miller Says Congress and President Should Act to Bring Fair Share of Economic Benefits to American Workers; Real Wages Decline for Second Year in a Row

88. 1/18/2006 Press Release -- Wal-Mart Labor Violations
    After Public Controversy, Bush Administration Quietly Lets Sweetheart Deal With Wal-Mart Expire

89. 1/9/2006 Press Release -- Mine Worker Safety
    Representative Miller Requests All Documents From Labor Department on Sago Mine; Renews Call for Congressional Hearings

90. 1/4/2006 Press Release -- Mine Worker Safety
    Lawmakers Call For Immediate Congressional Hearings into Mine Safety to Help Prevent Another Tragedy; Say Congress Has Abdicated its Oversight Responsibilities on Worker Safety Issues, While Bush Administration has Filled Worker Safety Agencies with Industry Insiders

For all press releases, statements, and dear colleague letters on labor and the economy from 2005, please click on this link: http://www.house.gov/georgemiller/labor2005.html

For all press releases, statements, and dear colleague letters on labor and the economy from 2004, please click on this link: http://www.house.gov/georgemiller/labor2004.html

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For all press releases, statements, and dear colleague letters on labor from 1999-2001, please click on this link: http://www.house.gov/georgemiller/labor2001.html