Blog on U.S Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP)

My committees role consists of matters relating to health, education, labor, and pensions. The committee's jurisdiction refers to the following subjects: measures relating to education, labor, health & public welfare ; aging ; agriculture colleges ; arts & humanities ; biomedical research & development ; child labor ; convict labor & the entry of goods made by convicts into interstate commerce ; domestic activities of the American National Red Cross ; equal employment opportunity ; Gallaudet University, Howard University, & Saint Elizabeth hospital ; individuals with disabilities ; labor standards & statistics ; mediation & arbitration of labor disputes ; occupational safety & health, including the welfare of miners ; private pension plans ; public health ; railway labor & retirement ; regulation of foreign laborers ; student loans ; & wages & hours of labor, including the federal minimum wage. This committee's job is to operate our country's health care, schools, employment & retirement programs & everything else that is included in the committee's jurisdiction.