Good morning, and welcome to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. This is our second opportunity in the 112th Congress to examine the safety of America’s miners. The loss of life last month in an Idaho silver mine, as well as the mining tragedy at Upper Big Branch, are reminders of the need to remain vigilant in our efforts to promote mine safety. Over the last year, the Mine Safety and Heal... Read more »
Good morning and thank you to Columbia State Community College for having us today. Thanks also to our distinguished panels of witnesses and the audience for their interest in getting Tennesseans back to work. America is facing historically tough economic challenges, and the 4th district has been hit especially hard. In the face of these challenges, we need to rethink how we educate our workforce,... Read more »
Good morning, and welcome to our third field hearing of the 112th Congress. It is good to be here in Columbia, Tennessee with Representative DesJarlais. Thank you all for coming, and special thanks to our witnesses. We appreciate you taking the time to join us today, and we look forward to your testimony. These are tough times, and despite recent improvements in the national unemployment rate, our... Read more »
Good morning and welcome to today’s hearing. I would like to thank our witnesses for joining us. Our panel has a wide range of knowledge and experience with the Davis-Bacon Act, and your testimony will provide important insight as we work to ensure the law is serving the interests of job-creators, workers, and taxpayers. We are in the middle of an important debate over the country’s fiscal future.... Read more »
Over the last several months, our committee has been actively examining the current state of education in the nation. We have listened to state and local leaders who are working to improve the quality of education our children receive. Through a series of hearings, we have heard stories of both challenges and opportunities facing schools. The opportunities are found in the determination of countle... Read more »
Good morning and welcome. I’d like to thank the U.S. Comptroller General, Mr. Gene Dodaro, for joining us today as we shed light on wasteful federal government spending. Your time is valuable and we appreciate the opportunity to get your thoughts on duplicative teacher and workforce training programs. At a time when our nation faces a historic fiscal crisis, we must make a concerted effort to redu... Read more »
Good morning everyone. Welcome to our witnesses; thank you for joining us today. We appreciate your views and expertise on how we can best ensure union transparency and accountability. It has been almost two years since the recession that struck our economy in late 2007 officially ended. However, as we are reminded with the release of virtually every set of updated economic data, many Americans co... Read more »
I rise today in support of H.R. 471, legislation that would reauthorize the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program. Created in 2004 with bipartisan support, this program has provided an educational lifeline and meaningful choices to thousands of District families. I urge my colleagues to support this important legislation. Everyone agrees our education system is broken and in need of repair. As we w... Read more »
Good morning, and welcome to our second field hearing of the 112th Congress. It is good to be here in Utica, New York with Representative Hanna. Thank you all for coming, and special thanks to our witnesses. We appreciate you taking the time to join us today, and we look forward to your testimony. These are tough times, and although our economic recovery remains uncertain, we are encouraged by rec... Read more »
Thank you Mr. Kline. Good morning and thank you to SUNY IT for hosting us here today. I would like to thank our distinguished witnesses for participating and everyone in the audience for their interest as well. We are very fortunate to have a special guest joining us for this event. My colleague and friend sitting next to me is Congressman John Kline. Congressman Kline serves as the Chairman of th... Read more »
