Nancy Kassebaum: “No. Health purchasing cooperatives are purely voluntary. Subtitle D is intended to create special benefits for…”

the Senate today will adopt legislation condemning Iran's persecution of the Baha'i community. We have taken similar action in the past, and I regret that our continued vigilance on this matter is required. We choose today to adopt this…

when I assumed the chairmanship of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee last year, one of my top priorities was to bring to fruition a comprehensive reform of our many job training programs. My colleague in that effort on the…

I would like to reiterate my opposition to the legislation before us. Last Friday, we had a thorough debate on the Employment Nondiscrimination Act during the course of which important arguments were made why it should not become law…

No. The bill does not require groups to form or join a purchasing cooperative. Nor does the legislation preclude any other type of groups purchasing arrangements from existing.