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...will bring his fight against Big Tobacco to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Connolly will appear before the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee to argue in support of legislation recently introduced by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 (D-Mass.) and Representative Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) calling upon the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate the cigarette and smokeless tobacco industries. A similar bill calling for FDA regulation passed in the Senate three years ago but failed in the House of Representatives. Connolly said he hopes that...
Senator Edward “Ted” M. Kennedy ’54-’56 (D-Mass.) reached out to university presidents across the state in a flurry of letters this Tuesday, seeking feedback on his proposal to reauthorize the Higher Education Act and introduce legislation that would reduce interest rates on student loans and increase Pell Grants...
...Democrats have a slim 51-49 majority. Wednesday’s vote showed glimmers of bipartisanship—229 Democrats voted for the bill along with 57 Republicans. Two Democrats and 138 Republicans voted against it. And Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 (D-Mass.), the chairman of the Senate Education Committee, issued a statement saying the reframing of the Pell Grant debate “shows how a Democratic Congress is changing the nation’s priorities.” “It strikes me that there is evidence that there...
...bill passed last week is just a start, and we hope that Congress solidifies and deepens its commitment to higher education by reaching out to poorer students through an expansion of Pell grants, as proposed by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 (D-Mass.). We hope that Congress and the President have enough respect for our future to lay a solid, inclusive foundation for it today...
...over the period studied was statistically significant and not due to random variation. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Jun. 2000 that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not have the authority to regulate the tobacco industry, including nicotine levels. But Sen. Edward Kennedy ’54 (D-Mass.), incoming chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, indicated last week that he plans to introduce legislation to put the industry under FDA regulation. “This study is an extraordinary public service by Harvard’s School of Public Health...