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Foxx Statement: Hearing on "Improving Department of Education Policies and Programs Through Independent Oversight"
Sep 10, 2014 - Independent oversight is a central tool to ensure the federal government spends taxpayer dollars wisely and administers programs and policies in the most efficient and effective way. When you consider the challenges facing our schools and workplaces, as well as the tsunami of red ink confronting tax... More

Roe Statement: Hearing on "Expanding Joint Employer Status: What Does it Mean for Workers and Job Creators?"
Sep 9, 2014 - Each day more than eight million Americans go to work at our nation’s 757,000 franchise businesses. The franchise model has encouraged entrepreneurship, the growth of small businesses, and job creation. Countless men and women invest their tears, sweat, and savings to realize the dream of owning the... More

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** TIME CHANGE: Hearing to Examine Oversight of Department of Education
Sep 9, 2014 - Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 10th at 9:30 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), will hold a joint hearing entitled, "... More

ICYMI: The Student Loan Debt Solution Is All About Jobs
Sep 9, 2014 - By Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) Many college graduates are delaying some of life’s most important decisions – including starting a family and buying a home – because they face a pile of debt with no job prospects. A record number of young adults live with their parents and roughly half of co... More

Witnesses Warn: NLRB Assault on Franchise Businesses Will Destroy Jobs
Sep 9, 2014 - The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), today held a hearing to examine efforts by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to rewrite the existing standard for determining joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. During the... More

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Hearings to Examine Joint Employer Status Under NLRA and Oversight of Department of Education
Sep 8, 2014 - This week, the committee will convene two hearings in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. On Tuesday, September 9th at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), will hold a hearing entitled, “Expanding Joint Employer Status:... More

Indiana School Leaders and Job Creators Describe Harmful Effects of President’s Health Care Law
Sep 5, 2014 - The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), held a field hearing in Greenfield, Indiana to examine the health care challenges facing the state's classrooms and workplaces. According to a local news report: Hoosier business owners and education offici... More

Roe Statement: Hearing on "The Effects of the President’s Health Care Law on Indiana’s Classrooms and Workplaces"
Sep 4, 2014 - Before joining Congress, I spent more than 30 years practicing medicine. As a doctor I experienced firsthand a health care system that is the envy of the world, one that has helped improve the lives of countless men, women, and children. But I also learned our health care system isn’t perfect. In ma... More

Messer Statement: Hearing on “The Effects of the President’s Health Care Law on Indiana’s Classrooms and Workplaces”
Sep 4, 2014 - Congress needs to hear directly from those who have been forced to make difficult decisions as a result of the law’s employer mandate, which requires employers to provide expensive government-approved health insurance or face steep fines if they don’t. Put simply, the Federal government should not b... More

Congress Coming to Greenfield
Sep 2, 2014 - The open enrollment period for insurance plans mandated by the Affordable Care Act is just months away. For most Hoosiers, that means a bigger bite out of their monthly budgets next year. Health insurance premiums in Indiana will go up an average of 13% in 2015 according to a study conducted by the... More

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