Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) applauded the Department of Labor (DOL) Inspector General’s (IG) decision to audit the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the Wage and Hour Division, and DOL’s Office of the Solicitor (SOL). The audit comes following Chairman Walberg’s letter to the IG, which requested an investigation into whether Biden-Harris adm... Read more »
Tuesday, at 2:00 p.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), will hold a joint hearing titled “Enhancing Educational Outcomes in Indian Country: Postsecondary Education at the Bureau of Indian Education.” What: Joint subcommittee hea... Read more »
Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Rick Allen (R-GA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Restoring Balance: Ensuring Fairness and Transparency at the NLRB": "Today’s hearing will examine the current state of labor law under the National Labor Relations Board and explore solutions that promote worker choice, provide leg... Read more »
Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent a follow-up letter to the President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Sarah Lawrence College requesting more details about the safety of Jewish students on campus. The letter, which follows a March 27 request, comes amid reports of a ho... Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held a hearing to examine the role of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) in protecting American workers. In his opening statement, Subcommittee Chairman Rick Allen (R-GA) highlighted how the previous administration utilized the NLRB to expand its own authority. “The Biden-Harris Board spent four years engaging in go... Read more »
Today, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Screentime in Schools": "This Committee has several Members who have been classroom educators, myself included. But what a teacher faces today is unrecognizable from the classrooms that we sat in or even taught in. Sc... Read more »
Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) along with Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Mary Miller (R-IL), Bob Onder (R-MO), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), and Mark Messmer (R-IN) sent a letter to Alan Garber, the President of Harvard University, requesting information about whether the school engages in illegal, disc... Read more »
Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA), will hold a hearing titled "Restoring Balance: Ensuring Fairness and Transparency at the NLRB." What: Subcommittee hearing titled "Restoring Balance: Ensuring Fairness and Transparency at the NLRB" When: 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Where: 2175 Rayburn House Office Bui... Read more »
In Case You Missed It… Education Secretary Linda McMahon expressed strong support for the Education and Workforce Committee’s provision in President Trump’s one big, beautiful bill that will hold colleges accountable for student outcomes. By requiring schools to have skin in the game, Trump’s one big, beautiful bill will encourage schools to lower tuition costs and ensure programs are aligned with... Read more »
Technology has forever changed the classroom and the lives of our nation’s youth. The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held a hearing to examine the impact of phones, tablets, and computers in schools. Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) started off the hearing by highlighting many of the concerns with allowing unlimited use of screens in schools. “Teachers... Read more »
