CRS report: number of able-bodied adults on food stamps doubled after Obama suspended work requirement Obama administration officials have insisted that their decision to grant states waivers to redefine work requirements for welfare recipients would not “gut” the landmark 1996 welfare reform law. But a new report from the Congressional Research Service obtained by the Washington Examiner suggest... Read more »
I appreciate the opportunity to testify in support of H.J.Res. 118, legislation that will stop the Obama administration’s effort to roll back successful welfare reforms. The Government Accountability Office has determined the administration’s waiver plan is a rule and subject to congressional review. That is precisely what we are trying to do. This joint resolution embodies two important principle... Read more »
On Thursday, September 20 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a hearing entitled, “Assessing College Data: Helping to Provide Valuable Information to Students, Institutions, and Taxpayers.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. In an effort to improve transparency, the 2... Read more »
Dear Attorney General Holder: The attached National Relations Board (NLRB) Inspector General’s (IG) report makes serious allegations that Acting General Lafe Solomon engaged in ethical and criminal misconduct while serving on the NLRB. I respectfully request you investigate these charges fully. Under 18 USC 208, with some exceptions, “whoever, being an officer or employee…of any independent agenc... Read more »
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today issued the following statements on a National Labor Relations Board Inspector General report alleging NLRB Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon committed ethical and criminal violations when he failed to recuse himself from a case in which he had a financ... Read more »
Dear Acting Director Zients: Regulatory uncertainty plays a significant role in perpetuating a persistently weak economy and labor market. It undermines the ability of employers and entrepreneurs to hire new workers, plan for the future, and invest in growing their businesses. To help get the economy back on track and support job growth, the American people and their elected representatives must ... Read more »
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce today approved legislation to block the Obama administration from unilaterally weakening welfare reform. H.J.Res. 118 will protect the work requirements key to the success of the 1996 welfare reform law, which has helped countless families move out of government dependency and into the workforce. In the videos below, committee Republicans urge the... Read more »
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today approved legislation to prevent President Obama from implementing his plan to waive the work requirements at the heart of the 1996 welfare reform law. "Today the committee has taken an important step toward preserving policies that help American families in need," said Chairman Kline. "The president’s cont... Read more »
Despite claims to the contrary, governors from Pennsylvania to Alaska have expressed significant concerns about the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) July memorandum announcing states could waive the work requirements at the heart of the 1996 welfare reform law. As the House Committee on Education and the Workforce continues today’s markup of H.J.Res. 118, legislation to block the adm... Read more »
Today, the committee will consider H. J. Res. 118, a resolution disapproving President Obama’s effort to roll back the work requirement critical to the success of welfare reform. President Clinton once said of welfare, “From now on, our nation’s answer to this great challenge will no longer be a never-ending cycle of welfare, it will be the dignity, the power, and the ethic of work.” Those words w... Read more »
