Thank you for yielding. Thank you, Secretary Acosta, for coming before the Committee today. It’s a pleasure having you here to talk about the Department of Labor’s policies and priorities on the heels of such excellent news about the booming U.S. economy. With record-low unemployment and a job seekers’ market, it’s a good time to be an American worker. The Department of Labor is responsible for ke... Read more »
It’s a good time to be an American worker. Job openings and wages are up, unemployment is down, and opportunities are vast. Today at a hearing on the policies and priorities of the Department of Labor (DOL), we got a better look at the American workforce and just how far we as a nation have come. Since the beginning of 2017, the economy has created 5.1 million jobs with 3.2 million created since t... Read more »
Democrats and health care legislation. Every time they get in a room together, American workers pay the price—in hard-earned money and peace of mind. Today, a Pelosi-controlled committee that doesn’t have expertise in or jurisdiction over health care is meeting to discuss the future of Medicare-for-All, the latest push in Democrat efforts to take away options and put the government in charge of ev... Read more »
Thank you for yielding. And thank you for convening today’s hearing to talk about the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education. The issue of segregation in schools deserves our full attention, and I welcome this opportunity to discuss how the turning point of Brown v. Board has shaped the last 65 years for students across the United States. Thanks to the relentless courage ... Read more »
Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), Republican Leader of the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, joined by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) and Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, today introduced the Association Health Plans Act of 2019, legislation to expand health care options and lower costs for small businesses through asso... Read more »
Thank you for yielding. Thank you, Secretary DeVos, for being here today. Today’s hearing will provide Members of the Committee with a chance to hear about the Department’s priorities and what Department leadership is doing to provide greater opportunities to students at every level of education. Committee Republicans are deeply committed to ensuring that all programs under the Department’s jurisd... Read more »
Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos believes that a great education: shouldn’t be determined by where you live nor by who you know; shouldn’t be determined by family income; and, shouldn’t be an old-school, one-size-fits-all approach. Secretary DeVos believes a great education grants freedom. “This Administration focuses on freedom for teachers. Freedom for parents. And freedom for all s... Read more »
Thank you for yielding. It is unfortunate that you chose not to consider fully this committee’s interest and important stake in the House Democrat version of the Violence Against Women Act before it made it to the House floor last week, and before that H.R. 1, you’ve deemed this one-sentence Democratic attack on the administration worthy of the full committee’s consideration without a hearing on t... Read more »
Thank you for yielding. I want to add my welcome to all the witnesses for being here today. You have quite the task ahead of you. This is the first hearing this Committee, which has a referral on H.R. 5, has scheduled on the bill, and it’s being considered a legislative hearing. That means we’re supposed to talk about the bill itself. However, we skipped the step of holding a hearing on the underl... Read more »
Today, Committee Democrats convened a markup on H.R. 1010, a one-sentence bill that will not lower drug prices, will not protect anyone from surprise medical bills, will not lower premiums, will not cut any out-of-pocket costs, and will not provide any tax relief. All H.R. 1010 will do is eliminate short-term limited duration insurance plans which provide many Americans with insurance options in t... Read more »
