Good morning, and welcome to today’s subcommittee hearing. I would like to thank our panel of witnesses and our members for joining today’s important discussion. Today we will examine the need to modernize certain federal workplace laws, including updates to policies within the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to strengthen the rights of workers to make free and informed decisions about whether... Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), held a hearing on “Worker-Management Relations: Examining the Need to Modernize Federal Labor Law.” Read more »
On Thursday, April 26 at 9:30 a.m., the subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions will hold a hearing on “Worker-Management Relations: Examining the Need to Modernize Federal Labor Law.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Read more »
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce moved its higher education reauthorization bill, the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act (PROSPER Act), out of committee five months ago. Soon after, HELP Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), indicated markup of the bill could begin this month. Let’s hope it does. Read more »
The U.S. economy is desperately short of skilled workers, and the federal government claims it wants to help. Alas, a new report from the Labor Department’s inspector general shows that the $1.7 billion federal Job Corps training program is a flop. Read more »
The Committee on Education and the Workforce received the following letter from Rebuilding America’s Middle Class (RAMC) Board Chair and Dallas County Community College District Chancellor praising the PROSPER Act. Here is what Joe May had to say: April 16, 2018 The Honorable Virginia Foxx U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce 2176 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 D... Read more »
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today submitted comments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) supporting the rescinding of a 2014 rule created by the Obama-era Board that drastically changed union election policies, and created ambush elections. Read more »
April is Community College Awareness Month. Community colleges have provided the path for millions of Americans to reach the goals they have for themselves. Community colleges have also changed the face and the future of many communities across America by developing programs in specific areas and economies that need to grow and thrive. Read more »
Good morning, and welcome to today’s full committee hearing. I’d like to thank our witness, Ms. Barbara Stewart, for joining today’s important discussion on the need for continued oversight of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) following a pattern of failures in management of CNCS in the past. Read more »
Today, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), held an oversight hearing on “Fraud, Mismanagement, Non-Compliance, and Safety: The History of Failures of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).”
Over the years, the committee has held a total of four hearings to address the many problems related to the management of CNCS. Read more »
