Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s February jobs report: “Even as strikes and union-organized activity led to temporary job loss in a few industries, employment remains steady throughout much of the American economy. The evidence speaks for itself: over the past year, Republicans and the Tr... Read more »
Today, the Education and Workforce Committee passed eight bills aimed at cracking down on fraud, strengthening oversight, and protecting taxpayer dollars in federal child care assistance programs. The bills are focused on one simple principle: money meant for children and working families should not be lost to fraud or waste. Following the markup, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Wal... Read more »
Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI), Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI), and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking him to designate the Chinese Student and Scholars Association as a foreign mission of China’s government. This designation would require CSSA chapters to ... Read more »
Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Walberg (R-MI) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a markup of eight bills aimed at cracking down on fraud, strengthening oversight, and protecting taxpayer dollars in federal child care assistance programs: "Today, for the third time this Congress, the Committee is turning again to a crucial topic and a bridge between e... Read more »
More than a decade after the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was enacted, challenges remain that limit the nation’s workforce development system’s ability to meet the needs of workers and employers. This will be more pronounced as artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes work. Today, the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held a hearing to examine how we can ut... Read more »
Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) today praised House passage of H.R. 6472, Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act, legislation that helps students from U.S. territories pursue higher education by allowing them to receive in-state tuition at public colleges and universities across the 50 states. “Today marks another strong step toward helping more young Amer... Read more »
Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., the Committee on Education and Workforce, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will mark up eight bills aimed at cracking down on fraud, strengthening oversight, and protecting taxpayer dollars in federal child care and nutrition programs. What: Full Committee markup of H.R. 7720, Child Care Payment Integrity and Fraud Accountability Act; H.R. 7721, Combating Regulatory Abu... Read more »
Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT), delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the fifth hearing in a series examining artificial intelligence, titled "Building an AI-Ready America: Strengthening Employer-Led Training": "Artificial intelligence isn’t coming in some distant future; it’s a tool that businesses are already... Read more »
Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) issued the following statement after House passage of H.R. 6392, Home School Graduation Recognition Act: “Home school graduates are high school graduates. Yet for too long, homeschoolers have been treated as second-rate in the college application process,” said Chairman Walberg. “Home schooling is becoming increasingly popular am... Read more »
Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) issued the following statement after House passage of H.R. 4307, the bipartisan Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act, which he co-sponsored alongside Congresswoman Lucy McBath (D-GA): “Today, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle took a stand in denouncing the scourge of human trafficking,” said Chairman Walberg. “Very oft... Read more »
